Sci/220 Food Borne Illness
Food Borne Illness
Doneisha Jones
October 1, 2012
SCI/220
Dr. Angela Branch
Food that is mishandled can lead to foodborne illness. While the United States has one of the safest food supplies in the world, preventing foodborne illness remains a major public health challenge. Often when you purchase foods from the grocery store or the food market, you have to check all the expiration dates. When a food is expired, they tend to give you a sign that the food is no good. For example, when you go to the store and shop for bread, you have to check the expiration date. If you purchase bread when the date on the bread is expired, the bread will mold within in the next three days or so. The same situation with the expiration dates is for meat as well.
According to "Food Borne Illnesses & Disease" (2012), as pertaining to storage, for example meat, you can store meat in the freeze for a specific amount of time and it will still be as good as it was when you bought it from the store. * Item | Months | Bacon and Sausage | 1 to 2 | Casseroles | 2 to 3 | Egg whites or egg substitutes | 12 | Frozen Dinners and Entrees | 3 to 4 | Gravy, meat or poultry | 2 to 3 | Ham, Hotdogs and Lunchmeats | 1 to 2 | Meat, uncooked roasts | 4 to 12 | Meat, uncooked steaks or chops | 4 to 12 | Meat, uncooked ground | 3 to 4 | Meat, cooked | 2 to 3 | Poultry, uncooked whole | 12 | Poultry, uncooked parts | 9 | Poultry, uncooked giblets | 3 to 4 | Poultry, cooked | 4 | Soups and Stews | 2 to 3 | Wild game, uncooked | 8 to 12 | | * * If you store meat over the amount of time that is listed in this chart, the meat is no longer good. The presentation of the products in the store tend to look good when they might not be. Some foods are advertised as being healthy and clean but they could be bad as well. * Listeria, salmonella, E. Coli, Botulism, are some food borne illnesses that America try to avoid everyday. To prevent
Doneisha Jones
October 1, 2012
SCI/220
Dr. Angela Branch
Food that is mishandled can lead to foodborne illness. While the United States has one of the safest food supplies in the world, preventing foodborne illness remains a major public health challenge. Often when you purchase foods from the grocery store or the food market, you have to check all the expiration dates. When a food is expired, they tend to give you a sign that the food is no good. For example, when you go to the store and shop for bread, you have to check the expiration date. If you purchase bread when the date on the bread is expired, the bread will mold within in the next three days or so. The same situation with the expiration dates is for meat as well.
According to "Food Borne Illnesses & Disease" (2012), as pertaining to storage, for example meat, you can store meat in the freeze for a specific amount of time and it will still be as good as it was when you bought it from the store. * Item | Months | Bacon and Sausage | 1 to 2 | Casseroles | 2 to 3 | Egg whites or egg substitutes | 12 | Frozen Dinners and Entrees | 3 to 4 | Gravy, meat or poultry | 2 to 3 | Ham, Hotdogs and Lunchmeats | 1 to 2 | Meat, uncooked roasts | 4 to 12 | Meat, uncooked steaks or chops | 4 to 12 | Meat, uncooked ground | 3 to 4 | Meat, cooked | 2 to 3 | Poultry, uncooked whole | 12 | Poultry, uncooked parts | 9 | Poultry, uncooked giblets | 3 to 4 | Poultry, cooked | 4 | Soups and Stews | 2 to 3 | Wild game, uncooked | 8 to 12 | | * * If you store meat over the amount of time that is listed in this chart, the meat is no longer good. The presentation of the products in the store tend to look good when they might not be. Some foods are advertised as being healthy and clean but they could be bad as well. * Listeria, salmonella, E. Coli, Botulism, are some food borne illnesses that America try to avoid everyday. To prevent
References: Food Borne Illnesses & Disease. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.fsis.usda.gov/fact_sheets/Foodborne_Illness_&_Disease_Fact_Sheets/index.asp Food Borne Illnesses & Disease. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.fsis.usda.gov/fact_sheets/Protect_Your_Baby/index.asp