SAR HS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Spinach, Stool Test, Hand Washing
5 May 2019
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Exam on tuesday: minerals, water, alcohol and weight management. Americans enjoy food supplies among the safest and most abundant in the world. Foodborne illness and the agents that cause them. Sickness caused by consuming contaminated food or beverages. Each year 48 million americans become ill from foodborne diseases. Norovirus is the most common cause of foodborne illness - not bacteria. Person with hiv and aids (compromised immune systems) Food safety starts at the farm and it ends with you, always be war about cleaning your food. Farm has to make sure that the running water is clean, nothing is getting contaminated, make sure clean vehicles are transporting the food. E. coli outbreak case counts state by state. In 1994 trucks that were taking raw eggs got loaded up with ice cream, in 2008 germs spread in a restaurant got people sick, because of all of these issues they"ve learned to minimize cross contamination.
