diseases. For that reason‚ food safety comes into play. Food safety is a scientific discipline describing handling‚ preparation‚ and storage of food in ways that prevent illness. This includes a set of laws that should be followed to stay away from potentially severe health hazards. Food can transmit disease from individual to individual‚ and also serves as a growth medium for bacteria that can cause food poisoning (Roberts‚ 2001). Debates on genetic food safety include such issues as the impact
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Occupational Health and Safety Questions 1. (15 marks) The TLV for carbon monoxide is 35ppm. Define the terms TLV and ppm and calculate them for the following example: Answer: TVL = Term for airborne concentration of a substance‚ below which all workers are believed to be protected while exposed to it day after day for 8-hour periods. PPM = Concentration by volume of one part of a gas‚ or by weight of a liquid or solid‚ per million parts of air or liquid. A mechanic in
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What is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974? The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 sets out the general day to day activities within the Workplace‚ that employers or employees may face when they are working. It outlines the possible hazards and risks within the workplace‚ and ways to minimise that risk or prevent the incident from recurring. This health and safety law has been reviewed in 1994 and again in 1999 and says that good management and common sense is what is needed to be able to
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When it comes to motorcycle safety‚ helmets get a lot of attention. This is for good reason. The human skull is easily injured by impacts against the road pavement. On the other hand‚ motorcycle riding glasses don’t get the same attention as helmets. Part of this is that many people think of riding glasses as being little more than sunglasses -- an accessory that increases comfort and makes you look cool. Experienced bikers know that motorcycle riding glasses are safety devices much like helmets.
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Full Length Research Paper Food safety regulations: reducing the risk of foodborne diseases in rural communities of Abia state‚ Nigeria G.E. Ifenkwe Department of Rural Sociology and Extension‚ Michael Okpara University of Agriculture‚ Umudike‚ Abia State‚ Nigeria. E-mail:godwinifenkwe@yahoo.com Abstract Most kitchens‚ grocery stores and catering houses‚ especially those in rural communities‚ will fail abysmally if subjected to hygiene and food safety tests. This is in terms of meals/drinks
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first day of school (minus the tears). Even car seat milestones can seem exciting. The reality is‚ they should be looked at with a certain sense of fear‚ not desire. Every step in a car seat “progression” is actually a step down in your child’s safety. Rear facing is much‚ much safer than forward facing. There are many articles that discuss the reasons why your children should remain rear facing for the first full year and 20 pounds. Many of these same articles discuss that consequences of
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Road Safety. Essay On January 19th‚ 2010 in Melbourne. 5 teenagers died after driving home after a party‚ losing control and driving into a tree.Road safety is needed to live everyday life. To know the rules are important to ensure road safety. Being safe on our roads is vital because it affects everyone from cyclists to children walking to school. Every person should get involved in road safety because killing a child is not worth an appointment that you may miss. Every year more and more people
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Safety of Sunscreen The sun’s rays have powered life on our planet since its creation‚ and have made life possible for all living things. The sun is one of the most important elements of the universe‚ but in recent years has only been condemned for some of its harmful effects on humans. Lately‚ all that is heard about the sun anymore is how can be harmful and how protection from overexposure is needed. Many people are scared of dangerous overexposure effects such as sunburn‚ premature aging of the
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health and safety act was enforced in 1974‚ the act was placed to ensure that the work place maintains high standards of health and safety. The act has a wide range of duties that is laid out for the employer; the employer has to protect the health and safety welfare of the employees at work. By Law the college have to ensure that they safeguard their students to make sure that they’re working in a safe environment‚ also to make sure that the students feel safe when they go to college. In general
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HEALTH and SAFETY: Professional Discussion and Questions and Answers Q 1: Who do you think are at risk within your work environment? A: The staff‚ individuals who live in the bungalow‚ visitors and other contracted people/ workers who come to work from outside. Q: 2: what measures are there/ or have you in place for the individuals before working with them? A: All the individuals are assessed and have risk assessments written up for them for all their daily living activities
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