million boxes of powdered baby milk products have been recalled from 83 countries. The products were contaminated salmonella bacteria‚ which causes a potentially fatal food poisoning. Food poisoning is an illness caused by eating food sources or products that have been contaminated with bacteria or viruses. The common bacteria known to cause food poisoning are the Escherichia coli and salmonella‚ while the rotavirus and the norovirus among many viruses. Symptoms of food poisoning include stomach cramps
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had typhoid fever and wasn’t the cause of death and sickness in her client’s houses. Mary Mallon‚ nicknamed Typhoid Mary after infecting many people with Salmonella Typhi. In her total life time‚ she directly killed 3-5 people. Mallon also infected 20-30 more people during her career. In 1907 alone‚ over 3000 people fell ill with Salmonella Typhi in New York City. Many believe Mary Mallon was the main cause linked to the Typhoid Epidemic. Mary Mallon was born on September 23‚ 1868 in Cookstown
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look right or smell right? That means it could be contaminated with a dangerous substance that could harm the body. Food poisoning is the result of ingesting organisms or toxins in food. Food poisoning can affect one person‚ or it can occur as an outbreak among several people who all ate the same thing. Even though food poisoning is quite rare in North America‚ food poisoning affects 60 to 80 million people each year‚ and 6 to 8 million die from it each year. It is an ever-present threat that can
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Cross contamination is a process by which bacteria or other microorganisms are unintentionally transferred from one substance or object to another‚ with harmful effect. What that means for example‚ if you get sick from eating at a restaurant that might mean that the food handlers are not following correct food safety guidelines. Some examples are the some of the food handlers wash their hands or people forget to not touch there face and hair. But it gets worse there are also some people that forget
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to be taken regarding the Salmonella contamination at Southern Pasta Company‚ a report has been enclosed which analyses the situation‚ states the core problem‚ the appropriate options available to you and their criteria for evaluation‚ and final recommendation with proposed action plan. It is recommended that you call the clients and let them know about the contaminated batch. Yours sincerely‚ X EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mike Valenti has discovered that a salmonella contaminated batch has been
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ingredient and resize the portion of the chocolate (Glaetzer 2009). Furthermore‚ the recent business issues befalling to the Cadbury is the issue of salmonella bacteria contaminated to the chocolate product. The BBC NEWS (July 16‚ 2006) stated that salmonella contamination considering being big issues when revealed that there had been 56 cases of salmonella
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References: Altimore‚ M. 1982. The social construction of a scientific controversy: Comments on press coverage of the recombinant DNA debate. Science‚ Technology & Human Values. 41: 24-31. Altman‚ L.K. 1996. Outbreak of intestinal infection baffles health experts. New York Times. June 20‚ 1996. A14. Bartz‚ J.A. 1982. Infiltration of tomatoes immersed at different temperatures to different depths in suspensions of Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora. Plant Disease
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difficulty breathing. Fatal in 3 to 10 days if not treated. Clostridium perfringens Found: soil‚ dust‚ sewage‚ and intestinal tracts of animals and humans. Grows only in little or no oxygen. Transmission: called “the cafeteria germ” because many outbreaks result from food left for long periods in steam tables or at room temperature. Bacteria destroyed by cooking‚ but some toxin-producing spores may survive. Symptoms: diarrhea and gas pains may appear 8 to 24 hours after eating; usually last about
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is not healthy as many people think nor safe. The food has passed the minimum government’s standards but it has also been called into question. Example according to the Food Borne Outbreaks in 2003 massachusetts school had four tortilla was to blame for getting children sick. Also in late 2012 a salmonella outbreak in five different schools in chicago. More updated news in 2015 a beet-salad that got twenty-two children sick.
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Typhoid Mary Mary Mallon‚ now known as Typhoid Mary‚ seemed a healthy woman when a health inspector knocked on her door in 1907‚ yet she was the cause of several typhoid outbreaks. Since Mary was the first "healthy carrier" of typhoid fever in the United States‚ she did not understand how someone not sick could spread disease -- so she tried to fight back. After a trial and then a short run from health officials‚ Typhoid Mary was recaptured and forced to live in relative seclusion upon
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