Cross-Contamination and its Role in Food Poisoning Outbreaks Cross-contamination is one of the most major causes of food poisoning (Food Standards Agency‚ 2014). It is defined as ‘the process by which a substance that is harmful or dirty spreads from one area to another’ (Cambridge Online Dictionary‚ 2014) .There are 3 different types of contamination in the food industry; microbial contamination‚ physical contamination and chemical contamination‚ with microbial contamination being a more frequent
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following year. While lecturing in political science at Lincoln he was elected president of the African Students Organization of America and Canada. As an undergraduate at Lincoln he participated in at least one student theater production and published an essay on European government in Africa in the student newspaper‚The Lincolnian.[5] During his time in the United States‚ Nkrumah preached at black Presbyterian Churches in Philadelphia and New York City. He read books about politics and divinity‚ and
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Shantelle Johnson April 8‚ 2012 H4 Introduction When food is unsafe for consumption is called food contamination. Food contamination occurs when foods are spoiled because they might contain microorganisms‚ such as bacteria ‚ parasites‚ or toxic substances that make them unsafe for consumption.Bacteria and parasites on uncooked food can linger on the food if not handle or cooked properly. Food contamination is serious because it results in diseases that affect appromiaxally seventy-six million people
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The Center for Disease control has estimated that illnesses directly resulting from food contamination cause approximately 76 million illnesses‚ 325‚000 hospitalizations‚ and 5‚000 deaths each year in the United States. The rise of food-related illnesses can be mostly attributed to increased eating out. Half of every dollar spent on food in this country is spend on food prepared outside of the home. As the amount of people involved preparing our food rises‚ so does the risk of contracting an illness
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Cross-contamination from endoscopes to patients are a noted problem throughout endoscopy units across the country. The media has reported exposure to harmful bacteria and viruses following endoscopic procedures from inadequately cleaned scopes‚ the efficacy of high level disinfectants used in reprocessors and the design of the scopes. Legislatures are now questioning the types of infection control programs within endoscopy units and whether qualified personnel are being hired as endoscope technicians
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Environmental Sciences‚ Mahatma Gandhi University‚ India in association with the Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment‚ Germany March 12-14‚ 2011 Fluoride contamination in groundwater resources of Chittur block‚ Palghat district‚ Kerala‚ India - A health risk Deepu T R and Shaji E Dept. of Geology‚ University of Kerala‚ Kariavattom‚ Trivandrum 695 581‚ India Email: shajigeology@gmail.com A
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groundwater contamination‚ and to what extent are the nation’s groundwater supplies at risk? How Much Do We Depend on Groundwater? According to 1985 U.S. figures‚ groundwater provides an estimated: * 22 percent of all freshwater withdrawals * 53 percent of drinking water for the total population and 97 percent of drinking water for
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This type of cross-contamination is especially dangerous if raw foods come into contact with cooked foods. Here are some examples of food-to-food cross-contamination: * In a refrigerator‚ meat drippings from raw meat stored on a top shelf might drip onto cooked vegetables placed on lower shelf. * Raw chicken placed on a grill touching a steak that is being cooked. Top of Page People to Food People can also be a source of cross-contamination to foods. Some examples
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as a prospective alternative bio-control method to control Salmonella contamination in a variety of foods. Bao‚ P. Zhang‚ H. Zhang‚ Zhou‚ L. Zhang‚ and Wang isolated two new lytic SE phages‚ (PA13076) and (PC2184)‚ using two host strains of Salmonella enteritidis (SE) ATCC13076 and CVCC2184. They evaluated the potential of the
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Food Contamination Definition Food contamination refers to foods that are spoiled or tainted because they either contain microorganisms‚ such as bacteria or parasites‚ or toxic substances that make them unfit for consumption. Food contamination is a serious issue because it results in foodborne diseases. Hence‚ awareness of potential sources of food contamination is an important component of good nutrition. Food contamination refers to the presence in food of harmful chemicals and microorganisms
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