Physics as a Discourse Community Discourse communities, or groups of people who share the similar interests, exist everywhere, but they become more obvious in college because each major is its own academic discourse community. In “Discourse Communities,” Schmidt mentions that it is more common to see students who are part of the same academic discourse community spending most of their time together because they “focus [their] attention on the same issues and things” (1). This is due to the…
In unit 2 discussion 2, we are asked to select a health care organization and conduct an external environmental assessment using a framework or tool. The organization selected is the military Area Support Medical Company (ASMC). The external environmental assessment was conducted with the PEST concepts. PEST is an acronym for political, economic, social, and technological. The terminology represents the framework organizations use to evaluate the external factors that affects their business…
With the 2016 Presidential elections coming up right around the corner, the date of November 8th continues to flush dread into the hearts of the voters. Considering the almost equally divided voter pool and two equally disliked candidates, the nation is contemplating some of the biggest issues of present day society as a means of distinguishing between the two opposing arguments. Nevertheless, there is one issue that Secretary Hillary Clinton and Mr. Donald J. Trump agree on: income inequality…
The main question my group members Laura Aday, Daniela Mejia-Lagos, and I discussed were how food regulation could be enhanced. The topic had dealt with food regulations in agriculture, livestock, and business. Poor food regulations in these areas could lead to health problems, norovirus outbreaks, and other forms of illnesses to the world population. The best solutions to my subtopic, which is business, was for the improvement of workers’ protection and universally accepted food safety laws.…
The assurance that the U.S.’ commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and properly labeled and packaged is entrusted by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). To further ensure safety, the FSIS observes products during the processing, handling, and packaging process to reassure the products are honestly labeled. Being the public healthy agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the FSIS’ main purpose is to protect the public health as well as…
The Hazard Analyst and Critical Control Point assures that foods are safe to consume (Bernard, 1998). They provide tests to those who work in the restaurant business so they may properly implement food policies to decrease the risk of foodborne illnesses. For example, I have…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is among the primary federal agencies responsible for developing public health regulations. It is the agency, which has duty to protect the nation’s food supply. It is the FDA to make sure the safety of the food in both major franchise store and small fast food establishment. Rules and Regulation¬¬; Food Handling As a preventative step, the FDA wants that every fast food and restaurant workers to complete a food handling course. That course is…
1.0 Good Manufacturing Practices In order to achieve hygiene requirement in food and beverage industries, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) are the foundation for successful food safety and quality assurance in all food manufacturing facilities and are essential to forms an important part of the overall HACCP food safety system in a food business. GMP includes many basic operational conditions and procedures that are required to meet by the food business, which includes the correct…
Paper 4: Assessing Critical Public Policy Scholarship Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram authors of Policy Design for Democracy, state that Critical Theories Public Policy is concerned with “.....oppression and domination in modern advanced societies and a commitment to radically participatory, non hierarchical forms of political, economic, and social interaction” (Schneider and Ingram, 1997, p. 51). This critical perspective challenges the scientific knowledge being superior to other categories…
The subject of regulation has been a constant battle between the meat industry and government. Failure to protect the safety of meat leads to a decline in consumer confidence in that product. The rise in E. coli and salmonella outbreaks clearly shows the need for meat regulation to restore consumer confidence in the industry. There really is shit in the meat as stated by Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation. In 2011, statistics from the CDC supports Schlosser statement by reporting that 48…