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other words, food safety is not just about eating balanced and healthy food, but it is about eating safe food and avoiding any kind of food borne diseases, most common: 1- Spongiform encephalopathies • Campylobacter • Escherichia coli infections • Salmonella • Shigella • Botulism More than 200 diseases are spread through contaminated food or water as a result of improper food handling and because there is a misuse of antimicrobial medicines some of the bacteria are becoming resistant.…

PHIL 4300: Philosophy of Food Dr. Kaplan November 15, 2015 Zack Viator To Eat Meat, or Not to Eat Meat.. LOL In this paper, I will demonstrate the best arguments (in my opinion) both for and against the consumption of meat. I will conclude with my thoughts on meat consumption and why I think the best stance is a middle ground between eating meat how society currently does and not eating meat such as a vegetarian does. Arguments AGAINST eating meat: a. Cruelty- The ethical…

Food is the staple of any society. Before the practice of agriculture a sustainable supply of food was hard to come by; as a result, people were subjected to a harsher way of life. The invention of agricultural practices, and the resulting sustainable food supply, revolutionized the way life could be lived. However, there is a cost as population increases so to does, demand and in the name of expediency shortcuts are taken, which can be hazardous to the average individual.1 Eric Schlosser,…

Introduction: Bacteria and Fungi are important contributors of the living life. They however differ in their colony/ color/ size/shape/appearance. Bacteria are generally small in size but large in colonial structure, they are usually in the form of coccus, bacillus and spirillum, many times bacteria are of vivid colors because they have chlorophyll which also absorbs the light of different wavelengths which create natural colors of brown, pink, blue, orange and purple. Fungi on the other…

Tomatoes are one of the most popular vegetables in the world, with over 7500 varieties available for consumers to purchase worldwide. Although it is easy to grow in your backyard, commercial production in the U.S. is based largely out of California. China leads the world in production, a just under 34 million tons/year. The U.S. comes in as the third largest producer, with roughly 11 million tons/year, California producing 96% of the processing crop and 1/3 of the fresh market produce, with…

Francisella tularensis is an important microbial agent which causes the severe infection of tularemia. The intracellular life cycle of this bacterium is supported by a vast range of protective guards such as enzymes. Although several enzymes are recognized in different subspecies of the bacterium, acid phosphatase and superoxide dismutase are seen in all bacterial subspecies. On the other hand, the most important enzymatic system relating to host cells is NADPH oxidase. For this reason, the…

Red-eared slider turtles have become an invasive species and a threat to freshwater turtles around the world. The IUCN list the red eared slider as one of the 100 worst invasive species worldwide (Boudjelas et al 2000.) They can survive and thrive in almost any freshwater ecosystem. They are able to outcompete other species of turtles for nutrients and territory and they threaten to decline the native turtle population wherever they live. A lot of pet turtle owners don’t know the threat…

A Chemical That Works Against Life Antibiotics (sometimes called antibacterials) are a strong group of medicines that are used to treat infections caused by bacteria and certain parasites. The term antibiotics comes from the Greek terms “anti” (which means “against”) and “bios” (which means “life”) While our scientific knowledge of antibiotics has only recently been developed, the practical application of antibiotics has existed for centuries. Many ancient cultures, including the ancient…

microbiomes, which supported the idea that in genetically susceptible people exposure to degraded products of intestinal bacteria locally in the synovium might cause inflammation. In fact, it is possible infections such as Shigella, Campylobacter, Salmonella and Yersinia cause joint inflammation, particularly, in individuals who have human leukocyte antigen-B27. This led to the assumption that the intestinal microbial products may be existent in circulation (transport of fluid in the body in…

A newborn is delivered into a world of filth and darkness. It cries for its mother attention, but is met with cold, rough hands, chained and thrown into a stall along with several others that look like itself. Confusion and fear takes over and it screams and fights, however, the chains hold and tear its fresh skin. The only life it will ever know is one of pain and suffering and any hope it has of a normal life is gone the moment it is born. This is the life of an animal born in a factory farm,…