Causes of Food Poisoning Essay

What are some common symptoms of food poisoning? Based on those symptoms, which dinoflagellate do you think is responsible for the outbreak? A bloom of dinoflagellates can change the water color colloquially known as red tide. Red tide can infect shellfish and cause shellfish poisoning if people eat the bad shellfish. Some symptoms of shellfish poisoning are nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea Explain how an HAB outbreak can have a devastating economic impact. There would be a bad impact on Recreation and Tourism, and the fisheries industry. Beaches would be closed for the safety of the tourist, this would impact tourism because since the beach is closed, no tourist could go to the beach, and it would affect the fish industries because they can’t…

There are so many different diseases and sicknesses known to man that involve bacteria and other circumstances. A few of these being Crohn's Disease, Food Poisoning, Meningitis, and Ulcers. These bacteria are deadly in some cases and cause many problems in your body. The first thing we will do is go into what bacteria is and where it would be found. There are millions and billions of bacteria that exist that we cannot see. Bacteria is defined as single celled organisms that can only be seen…

Potter (2001) mentioned that C. perfringens spores may contaminate meat and meat products either before processing and survive cooking or after processing due to unhygienic handling of prepared food. Adak et al. (2002) reported that deaths due to C. perfringens (type A) food poisoning are rare but may occur in the elderly and debilitated. It is estimated to kill seven people in the USA, and between 50 and 100 people in UK yearly. Asha and Wilcox (2002) reported that the first C. perfringens…

Feces of patients that have symptoms of food poisoning or typhoid fever are cultured for Salmonella. Often, the preliminary diagnosis is first suggested by recognition of an outbreak (multiple patients having symptoms of a disease all at about the same time and often from the same food or water source). Again, many organisms and toxins can cause food poisoning, so it is sometimes difficult to determine the outbreak's cause. Usually, the laboratory needs to be notified that S. spp. is suspected…

nutrient-rich food consumed all over the world, providing a prime source of high quality protein, vitamins, and minerals. However, being water-borne, this makes seafood more likely to be contaminated with pathogens, toxins, and chemical pollutants, which poses a high safety risk with their consumption. According to the 2013 Annual Surveillance Report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks in the United States, fish and mollusks are the top two…

Every year millions of people suffer from food poisoning due to contaminated food products, food plays a major role in our society its a necessity consumers rely on in order to survive. The recent rise of food poisoning and food recalls have brought to light the consequences that can happen when food is contaminated. Consumers are now more then ever looking to the federal government to push for stronger safety measures to keep the food they eat safe. Many of the cases of outbreaks are passed…

In Eastern region of the, such incidence records a total of 96.27% for food of animal origin and 37.77% for poultry and their products (Altabari and Aldaghim, 2002). Microbial pathogens in food cause an estimated 6.5 to 33 million cases of human illness and up to 9000 deaths annually (Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, 1994). In the developed world, frequent reports of food poisoning have increased public concern in relation to the potential presence of pathogenic organisms in…

” When someone swallows bacteria that cause food poisoning, there is a delay (incubation period) before symptoms begin.” (Food Poisoning Bacteria). Hygiene is the main reason for why go bad so quickly. When fruits , vegetables, and meats is not washed or cleaned properly the bacteria inside and outside start to grow, and when you consume the product you get sick. If the public were aware of how to cook, clean, and check expiration dates properly, then they would be a lesser chance for the…

Introduction Scombroid fish poisoning is illness that happens when you eat certain types of fish that have not been properly refrigerated or stored. These types of fish naturally contain higher levels of a substance called histidine. When these fish are not stored properly, bacteria can change histidine into chemicals (histamines) that can make you sick and give you allergy-like symptoms. Other names for this type of food poisoning are histamine fish poisoning and scombrotoxin fish poisoning.…

favorite snacks. My mother would often yell at me to stop, but the moment she was not looking I would go hide myself to lick the paint on the wall. One day I even became seriously sick from eating such filthy item. Luckily, I was not affected from any lead poisoning. Now that I am older I know what is eatable and what is not eatable. Moreover, it is even shocking to me that lead poisoning is an environmental problem in Philadelphia. Large amount of lead in a child’s blood can cause high blood…