Environmental Health and Safety: Case Assignment
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
TUI UNIVERISITY
Montest Bumpers
Module 2 Case Assignment
BHE314 Environmental Health and Safety
David Turbow
04 February 2013
Explain which of the following two approaches to enhance food safety would be more effective in the long run- a stronger enforcement program by the local health department, or a mandatory food safety training requirement for all restaurant employees.
Describe worker behaviors that may promote or compromise food safety. Provide two examples.
Describe the top one recommendation you would give to the public to prevent being bit by mosquitoes that may transmit West Nile Virus. Justify your choice.
Describe the top one recommendation you would give to the community to control the mosquito population in the community.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
It is my recommendation to implement a mandatory food safety training requirement for all restaurant employees. In order for this process to be effective education is very important. If restaurant employees are not educated on proper food handling, preparation, cleaning procedures in the kitchen they are destined to fail any type of standards and inspections. Because of the lack of funding and other resources Public Health departments are limited therefore establishments may only get inspected one to six times per year. According to Allison Knezevich, a reporter from the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia, “A critical violation is an infraction that is capable of spreading foodborne illness such as chicken salad that are not kept cold enough, on ice or refrigerated or employees who don’t practice adequate hand hygiene.” She also stated, “Under the current rules, an establishment can have five uncorrectable critical violations before it is shut down.” (Knezevich 2008). The behaviors of workers can promote or compromise food safety. Questions like why don’t food handlers wash their hands? Why isn’t that food stored at the required temperatures? When
TUI UNIVERISITY
Montest Bumpers
Module 2 Case Assignment
BHE314 Environmental Health and Safety
David Turbow
04 February 2013
Explain which of the following two approaches to enhance food safety would be more effective in the long run- a stronger enforcement program by the local health department, or a mandatory food safety training requirement for all restaurant employees.
Describe worker behaviors that may promote or compromise food safety. Provide two examples.
Describe the top one recommendation you would give to the public to prevent being bit by mosquitoes that may transmit West Nile Virus. Justify your choice.
Describe the top one recommendation you would give to the community to control the mosquito population in the community.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
It is my recommendation to implement a mandatory food safety training requirement for all restaurant employees. In order for this process to be effective education is very important. If restaurant employees are not educated on proper food handling, preparation, cleaning procedures in the kitchen they are destined to fail any type of standards and inspections. Because of the lack of funding and other resources Public Health departments are limited therefore establishments may only get inspected one to six times per year. According to Allison Knezevich, a reporter from the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia, “A critical violation is an infraction that is capable of spreading foodborne illness such as chicken salad that are not kept cold enough, on ice or refrigerated or employees who don’t practice adequate hand hygiene.” She also stated, “Under the current rules, an establishment can have five uncorrectable critical violations before it is shut down.” (Knezevich 2008). The behaviors of workers can promote or compromise food safety. Questions like why don’t food handlers wash their hands? Why isn’t that food stored at the required temperatures? When
References: www.environmental-health-safety http://www.epa.gov/mosquitocontrol/About_Mosquitoes.html