Social safety net

time that the internal temperature must be at to ensure Trichinella spp. destruction, regardless of product thickness (CFIA). For example, for destruction of Trichinella spp., pork must be held at -35.00°C for a minimum of 8 hours (CFIA 2013). Due to safety procedures put in place across the world, cases of trichinellosis are very uncommon. Although contracting trichinellosis has become very unlikely, it is important to follow regulations to ensure that this low risk status is…

Poor personal hygiene is one of the main causes of foodborne illnesses. According to the Centers for Disease Control and prevention (CDC), Poor personal hygiene of food handlers is one of the most significant factors leading to foodborne illness. People in the culinary world need to be careful and watch what they do, and wash their hands often to prevent someone or even themselves from getting sick. A food handler that is not careful about washing their hands regularly is probably the cause for…

Buckling Down on Safety: The Importance of Seat Belts Considering the high frequency at which car accidents occur, it’s a wonder that more people don’t deem seat belts to be the number one priority when riding or driving in a vehicle. It’s not uncommon to see drivers and passengers not wearing their seat belts, or even to see kids freely moving all around the backseat of a car. In fact, everyone is bound to know someone who doesn’t wear their seat belt. Drivers and passengers alike give many…

My clammy hands grip the seat tightly turning my knuckles white. My heart beats as if something is trying to frantically pound its way from inside my chest. Frenziedly, I search for my seatbelt. It’s across my lap. Thank god! The relief that the seatbelt gives me is short lived as I hear the plane’s engines shudder under the pressure of flying against the ferocious wind. Fire erupts from one of the wings as it is hit by an enormous bolt of lightning and I feel the plane lurch forward, plummeting…

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner erupted into traditional and technological boundaries. From the exterior to the fiber optic network, a new standard was set. With the new technology come new unforeseen and predictably devastating problems. The aircraft’s communication and data systems work off the same network raising suspicion for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This onboard network integrating aircraft function and passenger entertainment caused the FAA to provide a special condition…

Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010429245/OVIC?u=pub_ovrc&xid=eca022db. Accessed 4 Apr. 2017. Originally published as "Testimony of Honorable Kathryn O'Leary Higgins, Board Member, National Transportation Safety Board,"…

the fact that people are indeed breaking a law even if a person were to go over the limit by 1 mile per hour that is consider breaking the law in the eyes of the justice system. Second of all, the limit was placed there for a reason most likely for safety precautions in order to protect every person on the road from the licensed drivers in their car to the pedestrians on the sidewalk. Last of all, besides laws we must take into consideration the miniscule amount of time saved by speeding with a…

Chris Sorensen states that “The world's oceans remain gaping blind spots for air traffic controllers, and systems to accurately track planes offshore are still years away.” This statement could not be more true for the Malaysia Flight 370 that went missing without a trace. Not much information was available as to what happened and where the plane actually went. The flight left Kuala Lumpur Airport and were heading for Beijing. With two-hundred thirty-nine people aboard, twelve of them being crew…

In chapter 10 and 11 in Wasdin's book, SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper, he greatly develops the themes of morality and brotherhood. These themes are used throughout the book and are heavily impactful in these chapters. The theme of morality is someone's moral standards keeping them at bay. Morality is developed when Wasdin and a few others spare some of their MREs for their guards of Pasha. They know that Adid is controlling the supply line of food, water, etc., so them…

Cross contamination is critical matter and does go unnoticed. It’s not something many think about when out eating out, or preparing there own food at home. The remainder of this essay will include what is cross contamination and its symptoms, what prevention methods should be taken along with examples of food being contaminated. When an individual decides to eat out or eat at fast food restaurant’s they do not think of the harmful effects that could occur when an individual’s food is being…