10:832:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Federal Food, Drug, And Cosmetic Act, World Health Day, Medical Device Regulation Act
16 Feb 2017
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Health is affected by the quality of the environment. Includes air we breathe, water we drink, food we eat, communities in which we live. Food is needed by the human body for energy, to repair and build cells and to prevent sickness and heal from it. Need it for survival (survival of the fittest!) Constant need for nutrition and catalyst which is provided by food. U. s. has one of the safest food supplies. More than 200 known diseases transmitted through food. Food can be contaminated at several points http://www. who. int/features/factfiles/food_safety/en/ Foodborne illness is a common, costly--yet preventable--public health problem. Each year, one in six americans get sick from contaminated foods or beverages and approximately 3,000 die. Salmonella, a bacteria that commonly causes foodborne illnesses, results in more hospitalizations and deaths than any other bacteria found in food and incurs million in direct medical costs annually. Two or more cases of similar illness resulting from ingestion of common food.
