Acrylamide: What is acrylamide? Acrylamide is a chemical used mainly in certain industrial processes‚ such as in producing paper‚ dyes‚ and plastics‚ and in treating drinking water and wastewater. It is found in small amounts in some consumer products‚ such as caulk‚ food packaging‚ and some adhesives. Acrylamide is also found in cigarette smoke. Acrylamide can also form in some starchy foods during high-temperature cooking processes‚ such as frying‚ roasting‚ and baking. Acrylamide forms from
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BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS Biological hazard are acquired from disease causing microorganism and the poisonous toxins they may produce. Biological hazard are far the most dangerous foodborne hazard in the food service and food retail businesses. These includes harmful microorganism seen only in the microscope 1. BACTERIA 2.VIRUSES 3. PARASITES 4. MOLDS 5. YEAST Other living organism are: • Insects: RODENTS FARM ANIMAL DOMESTIC PETS BIRDS FISH PLANTS TRANSMIT DISEASE TO HUMAN BEING
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Animals such as cows‚ pigs‚ and chickens are packed into incredibly small areas‚ fed additive ingredients for fattening‚ and enduring torturous conditions. Additionally‚ those consuming the meat have a higher chance of contracting bacteria and pathogens as a result of an increase in contamination. The corporations are also putting the small town farmer out of work and into debt. Now that companies that practice these unethical processes in the factory farming industry have become such a dominant
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Introduction: Every year millions of people suffer from food poisoning due to uncontrolled application of agricultural chemicals‚ environmental contamination‚ use of illegal additives ‚ microbiological hazards and others but as a result of increasing awareness of consumers and their demands to provide them with safe‚ wholesome and high quality food have force many food premises to carry out a broad assessment and re-organize their systems of food control in turn to improve efficiency ‚ rationalization
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Genetics: the science of heredity that includes the study of what genes are‚ how they carry info‚ how they are replicated and passed to subsequent generations of cells or passed between organisms‚ and how the expression of their info within an organism determines the particular characteristics of that organism. Genome: the cell’s genetic information that includes it’s plasmids and chromosome. Chromosomes: structures containing DNA that physically carry hereditary info‚ contain the genes Genes:
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BIO 140 – Norovirus Whenever I started my job working as a certified nursing assistant at a nursing home I had become familiar with the Norovirus. Little did I know I had been infected with it before but I was given a different name from what I was sick from. The Norovirus also named NoV is the leading cause of illness from contaminated food or water in the U.S. If you are not familiar with the name Norovirus you may of heard of many of its other names it referred as. These
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There is a call for the ongoing advancement of agricultural techniques. This‚ the affirmative side agrees upon. However‚ in order to do so‚ the current practices must be looked at from a critical standpoint and flaws must be recognized. Presently‚ standards only observe short-term returns and often ignore the superseding impact felt globally. Throughout the affirmative’s case‚ certain aspects of modern agriculture were portrayed as beneficial. Two main critiques that will flow throughout is the overall
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olden times with processes such as heating ‚ drying‚ fermentation and refrigeration. In spite of this‚ physical methods are not enough to eliminate all microorganisms found in foods. Therefore‚ antimicrobial agents are needed to destroy these foodborne pathogens‚ so that the food will have a longer shelf-life. As technology progresses‚ improvements in the processing procedure and packaging systems considerably contribute to the preservation of food. Even so‚ antimicrobial agents still play an important
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AST20211 Environment and Health UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Definition of Environment‚ Health and Disease Environmental Problems Food Borne Diseases Intervention and Control AST20211 Environment and Health What is environment…? • The sum total of our surroundings‚ including all the living and nonliving things with which we interact. • Living things • Animals‚ plants‚ forests‚ fungi‚ etc. • Nonliving things • Continents‚ oceans‚ clouds‚ soil‚ rocks •
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Preventing Infection INFECTION The invasion or colonization of the body by pathogenic microorganisms The presence of a particular type of microorganism in a part of a body where it is not normally found and may lead to a disease Microorganism A small (micro) living plant or animal that cannot be seen without the aid of a microscope A microbe Contributions TYPES of Microorganism Bacteria Fungi Protozoa Algae Viruses Multicellular Animal Parasites BACTERIA Very small‚ simple‚ unicellular
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