EESA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Foodborne Illness, Main Source, Cholesterol
7 Oct 2014
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Types of food: most risky foods have high content of protein and high content of sugar, different sources of contaminants. Symptoms of foodborne illness: gastro-intestinal symptoms only, may have couple of hours after or many days after. 7-10 days for symptoms to show; usually involves parasites. Bacteria e. coli: whenever food has contact with human or animal feces, usually affects grounded beef, not piece of meat. Bacteria: botulism: rare but extremely serious; considered emergency, bacteria itself doesn"t cause illness; normally lives dormant in soil; when it comes into the body, it releases toxins and the toxins are what cause the problem- extremely toxic. Main kinds of botulism: wound; multiples in wound, produces toxin in wound, and causes intoxication; common in heroine addicts. Infant botulism; play in soil and consume soil; bacteria lives in soil. Symptoms of foodborne botulism: symptoms are nerve related, paralysis. Live and reproduce within body; eggs and worms release feces; how contamination spreads.
