Public Health Research Paper

Argument: Should steps be taken to reduce the flow of people, food, and manufactured goods because they have such a negative impact on public health? The great benefit that trade and modern conveyance have given society globally outweighs the adverse effects, ceasing business of commerce because of the symptoms it creates would be analogous to cutting off an arm to save a finger. The better approach for lowering the spread of disease would be to provide health care, better wages & sick days to the low-income workers who are processing the food or goods being prepared for export so as to stop the cause of the infection.(Amat-Roze, n.d.).
A few examples of how increased trade in food has led to the spread of food-borne illnesses are infected water used on crops, lack of sanitary safeguards in the country of origin and infected or sick people preparing food as previously mentioned. Instituting and funding a food safety program such as HACCP in developing countries. “Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is a process control system designed to identify and prevent microbial and other hazards in food production.” (“Key Facts: The Seven HACCP Principles,” n.d.) …show more content…
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