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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The world is exist with germs of all kinds especially viruses and bacteria. Most of the time human bodies do a wonderful job of fending off these microbes. This sort of self-defense is due to the immune system‚ which detects any pathogen also known as disease-causing agent and attacks it with immune foot soldiers including macrophages‚ lymphocytes and phagocytes. Specifically‚ over 700 different strains of bacteria have been discovered in the human mouth‚ though most people are only host to 34 to
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FDA Approved Drugs: Do risks outweigh benefits? Among all of the ailments that are a part of everyday life there is a necessity for remedies from big too small. But in the end are the potential risks and hazards of these medicines worth the questionable outcome. This is the question you must ask yourself‚ for yourself and your family. “A drug is removed from the market when its risks outweigh its benefits. A drug is usually taken off the market because of safety issues with the drug that cannot
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CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick‚ 128‚000 are hospitalized‚ and 3‚000 die of foodborne diseases (https://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/2011-foodborne-estimates.html). That means that approximately‚ 133 people day in a day due to foodborne illnesses. Therefore‚ health and safety standards need to be raised in the food industry to protect consumers from ingesting E. coli and other dangerous bacteria. In the documentary “Food Inc.”‚ mother Barbara
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To My parents‚ Mr. Therdsak and Mrs. Aree Jainonthee who always behind every success of my life ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my sincere thanks to my thesis advisor‚ Asst. Prof. Dr. Duangporn Pichpol for her invaluable suggestions and encouragement throughout the period of this research. I am most grateful for her teaching and advice on research methodologies and techniques performed in microbiology testing. Her close attention on my working life and my career path are very much appreciated
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Waterborne diseases are often caused by parasites which are directly transmitted through consuming contaminated drinking water. Any water reserve‚ infested with pathogenic parasites‚ used in the preparation of food can be considered as a source of foodborne disease and could be easily transmitted through consumption of the same pathogenic parasites. These diseases commonly affect the digestive tract as well as the other vital parts of the body that may be fatal to anyone especially those who are immunocompromised
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1. “People with cars are so lazy that they don’t want to get out of them to eat!” This quote from the book intrigues me; the more I thought about this line from “Fast Food Nation” I realized that it was more and more correct. Ever since the invention of the automobile and the affordability of it us Americans have become lazy. We resort to going through a drive through then getting out or going home and making our own food. 2. “The United States now has more prison inmates than full-time farmers
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Every morning Workers enter a dark‚ warehouse where animals are slaughtered. Workers pick up there knifes and line up on the assembly line‚ swinging their arms‚ to cut carcasses making the everyday food. The problem is that people have to work in an unsanitary place such as a slaughter houses and farm warehouses. Their life’s are at risk everyday working in such an environment. Such a hard labor requires a lot of safety and multitasking. With mass production many accidents may occur and injuries
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