PUBHLTH 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Environmental Health
28 Feb 2017
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Step 1: gather information and identify preliminary issues. The cdc estimates that 48 million food-borne illnesses occur every yr. Food safety inspections are created on the basis of preventing disease rather than reacting to it. As more americans have eaten out or in restaurants, routine food safety inspections have had a more integral role in food safety. Not only are inspections important, but also establishing an ongoing surveillance and response to foods is essential in discovering new pathogens. Across the us many food safety departments have had major budget cuts. When the economy slows down, government cuts budgets across the board for all ph measures , including food safety departments. Problems are apparent when there is a growing difference between what the fda recommends ph department have in full time workers, frequency inspections and compliance, and how much the ph departments can afford. Lack of knowledge of importance of ph departments, mostly in the environmental sector.
