In today’s society were one can get food from an abundant amount of sources, it is very important for the person to know where the food they are consuming came from. Many Americans are trying to eat a healthier diet consisting of fresh and raw products. They are trying to be more aware of what they are putting in their bodies and are shopping more at farmer’s markers, natural food stores, and purchasing more organic foods or even growing their own produce. In addition to that, the people are trying to eat foods that contain less additives in them along with foods that have minimal processing to them. This is great that more people are concerned about their health and want to do what is best to insure they are healthy, however, some of the
…show more content…
coli, it can become very harmful for them. they can develop symptoms such as blood in their stool, diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach cramping. The symptoms can last anywhere from five to ten day. In addition to that, the incubation period for the agent is anywhere from one to ten days.4 The pathogen infects about 100,000 people yearly and of that about 3,000 have to be hospitalized and about 90 people die every year just in the United States from E. coli. 5 When reporting a case of E. coli, the CDC has steps that need to be taken. The first step wants to know how long the person has been exposed to the pathogen to the start of the symptoms. The next step is the amount of time between when the symptoms started to when they were seen by a doctor for treatment. The third step is that the person must be officially diagnosed with been infected with E. coli through a stool sample. The amount of time between the actual stool sample collection to when the laboratory actual confirms the infection can be anywhere from one to five days. The stool sample results will also be reported to the person’s local health department. The fourth step has the lab send the stool sample to the state health department and the last step involves the state department conducting a DNA fingerprint on the sample so they are able to compare it to past stains of E. coli. This entire process can take about three weeks from start to
coli, it can become very harmful for them. they can develop symptoms such as blood in their stool, diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach cramping. The symptoms can last anywhere from five to ten day. In addition to that, the incubation period for the agent is anywhere from one to ten days.4 The pathogen infects about 100,000 people yearly and of that about 3,000 have to be hospitalized and about 90 people die every year just in the United States from E. coli. 5 When reporting a case of E. coli, the CDC has steps that need to be taken. The first step wants to know how long the person has been exposed to the pathogen to the start of the symptoms. The next step is the amount of time between when the symptoms started to when they were seen by a doctor for treatment. The third step is that the person must be officially diagnosed with been infected with E. coli through a stool sample. The amount of time between the actual stool sample collection to when the laboratory actual confirms the infection can be anywhere from one to five days. The stool sample results will also be reported to the person’s local health department. The fourth step has the lab send the stool sample to the state health department and the last step involves the state department conducting a DNA fingerprint on the sample so they are able to compare it to past stains of E. coli. This entire process can take about three weeks from start to