the basis of following Issues? A) Adulterated food: a serious public health problem in Bangladesh Adulteration of food with toxic chemicals harmful to health has reached an epidemic proportion in Bangladesh. The newspapers have dubbed it as the ‘silent killer’. It is very difficult to find a sector of food industry which is free of adulteration. From raw vegetable and fruits to milk and milk products to fish‚ meat and processed food–every food item is contaminated. Almost every day in the news
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Food Sanitation A. Fundamentals in Microbiology * Knowledge in microbiology will help you understand how and why disease-causing bacteria grow and spread‚ so that you are able to prevent food-borne diseases. Kinds of bacteria 1. Beneficial bacteria These are helpful to us. They can enhance flavor of butter‚ yoghurt‚ and cheese. 2. Undesirable bacteria These are bacteria that are responsible for food spoilage. 3. Disease-causing bacteria or pathogens These are bacteria that are most
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Health and Social Care Health and Safety Identify the legislation relating to general health and safety. BTEC 1.1. Dip 1.1 Health and Safety Legislations; Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 Reporting of injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR) Work Place (Health‚ Safety and welfare) Regulations 1992 Describe the main points of Health and Safety Procedures and policies in the
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6 * THEORY 1. What is food adulteration? 7 2. Ugly face of adulteration 8 3. Why food adulteration? 8 4. How prevalent is food adulteration? 9 5. Food standards 11 6. How to prevent food adulteration? 12 * LAB REPORT 1. Experiment 14 2. Result 15 * CONCLUSION 16 * BIBLIOGRAPHY 17 INTRODUCTION A dulteration in food is normally present in its most crude
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Health and Safety in social care setting You have been asked to contribute to an induction day for new staff. You have been asked to prepare a presentation about Health and Safety. It must include the following Task a presentation A list of the key of key legislation relating to Health and Safety in a social care setting * The equality act 2010 * Health and Safety work act 1974 * The reporting of injuries‚ disease and dangerous occurrences regulations 1995 * Health and Safety (first
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Understand health and safety in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation relating to health and safety in a social care setting Health and Safety at work Act 1974 - An Act to make further provision for securing the health‚ safety and welfare of persons at work‚ for protecting others against risks to health or safety in connection with the activities of persons at work Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 - any transporting or supporting of a load (including the lifting‚ putting down
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Food adulteration is the act of intentionally debasing the quality of food offered for sale either by the admixture or substitution of inferior substances or by the removal of some valuable ingredient. Food is declared adulterated if: • a substance is added which depreciates or injuriously affects it • cheaper or inferior substances are substituted wholly or in part • any valuable or necessary constituent has been wholly or in part abstracted • it is an imitation • it is coloured
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The chemical processes that take place inside food determine its nutritional value‚ taste‚ texture and freshness. Like any other organic material‚ food can decompose over a period of time. The importance of food chemistry lies in its ability to counter the effects of decomposition and spoilage and extend the shelf life of foods. Food chemistry is a science that studies the chemical processes that take place in food. All food products are made of biological materials that react and interact in different
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Murali and M.S kulkarni (2007) conducted a study on “Awareness of housewives regarding food Adulteration in parbhani of Maharashtra state”. In this study they analyse the level of awareness among housewives regarding food adulteration. It was found out that all the housewives preferred home made foods item because of their freshness‚ better colour‚ texture‚ and flavour. It was suggested that the food stuffs should be purchased from well reputed shops. Easy methods should be devised
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provide safe food. Safe food means that it is prepared‚ cooked‚ transported and served in such a way as to retain nutrients‚ and to minimise bacterial contamination and growth. Handling food poorly can cause food poisoning. It can also reduce the quality of the food being served. In this section you will find everything you need to know on food safety and hygiene in the school canteen. Why is Food Safety so important? We are surrounded by food every day so it’s easy to forget food can also be potentially
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