Salmonella

All business can benefit in having a code of ethics in which it serves as guidelines for making right decisions. Food establishments such as fast food face a distinct range of ethical challenges tied to the treatment of minimum-wage employees and food costs and quality. On December 2015, Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants have been linked to two separate outbreaks concerning E.coli infections in several states. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) together with the Centers for Disease and…

ServSafe Food Safety and the Dangers of Undercooked Shellfish Shellfish selections tend to be plentiful on summer happy hour and appetizer menus for their versatility and fresh taste, but, with the heat of spring and summer warming the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Coast and waters in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, serving shellfish during the summer months creates a rise in the risk of spreading a food-borne illnesses due to Vibrio infections. This week, we'll briefly discuss how to cook and…

Food is a source of nutrients not only for humans but microorganisms as well. Food safety is a term for all measures and concepts that are intended to ensure that food is safe to eat and cannot cause a health problem or poisoning. The issue of food safety is a universal concern, this is because everyone must to consume food. Bacteria are everywhere, in the air, in the water, in the ground, on our food, on our skin and inside our bodies. Food scares have been numerous in the United States in the…

The contamination of food is an issue that can have deadly repercussions at any time to any person. The United States is not the only country that is impacted, contamination happens all over the globe. Whether caused chemically, physically, or through microorganism origin, reverberation of any type of poisoning is intensely dangerous. Though most people who are directly affected by contamination are able to recover, great deals of others are susceptible to more long term symptoms which may very…

Imagine going to eat to your favorite Mexican restaurant, and ask for a jalapenos sauce that a few days later would make you feel nauseous, fatigued, and dizzy, not only that but it will cause one of the largest botulism outbreak in the U.S. This really happened in 1977, when in March 28 of that same year, several illnesses were linked to an improperly canned jalapenos peppers hot sauce served at a Mexican restaurant. Canning is a necessary method invented in 1809 by Nicolas Appert of…

A normal, healthy dog is estimated to have 1% to 36% prevalence of Salmonella organism; the estimated prevalence of Salmonella organism in a normal, healthy cat is 1% to 18% (Finley et al 686). A study was conducted to evaluate whether dogs would shed Salmonella organisms after consumption of homemade RMBDs. Seven out of 10 dogs that were fed homemade RMBDs were reported to have Salmonella organisms in their feces; no Salmonella organisms were found in any of the 10 dogs feces that were fed…

drastic cases can cause as much as vomiting, cramps, and bloody diarrhea. E. coli lives in the intestines of warm-blooded creatures,it is also known to be found in undercooked meat and uncleaned vegetables. Salmonella accounts for almost fifteen percent of worldwide foodborne disease deaths. Salmonella has many similarities to E. coli, but is considered more dangerous if untreated. Outbreaks…

Salmonella infection in food is the one of the major causes of foodborne illnesses including fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and nausea. Thus, early detection of Salmonella contamination is important for our healthy life. Conventional detection methods for the food contamination have limitations in sensitivity and rapidity, thus the early phase detection has been difficult. Herein, we developed a bioelectronic nose using a carbon nanotube (CNT) field-effect transistor (FET) functionalized with…

Salmonella is very common, more than 1,000,000 people are infected annually(CNN). Salmonella is most common in South America due to a lot of meat and poultry consumed there. The salmonella bacteria affects the Digestive System, it also affects the vitals if it reaches the bloodstream. The digestive System is in charge of breaking down the food that is consumed, and if the Salmonella bacteria is in it it won’t be able to do its job. The Blood stream carries blood around the body, if salmonella…

Salmonella Infested Fruits Salmonella is a bacteriabacterium that is the most common cause of food poisoning. It is dangerous, and sometimes deadly when people who are at risk catch it. S. typhimurium and S. enteritidis are two strains of the bacteria bacterium that are responsible for most of the food poisoning cases in America, although there are several, and some known to be very resistant to antibiotics. Since symptoms can take anywhere from 12 hours to 3 days to show up in humans, it can…