Foodborne Illness

eating food contaminated with foodborne pathogens or their toxins which is just another word for poisons is the leading cause of foodborne illness .there are four types of microorganisms that can contaminate food and cause foodborne illness bacteria viruses parasite and fungi and there are six conditions that support the growth of this harmful food borne microorganisms with the exception of viruses that you can remember this six conditions if you use the acronym fat tom those initials stand for food acidity temperature time oxygen and moisture ..let’s look at the first condition the food itself just like people foodborne pathogens need nutrients to grow they typically needs carbohydrates and proteins we can find this food like meet polytree dairy products , cooked rice pasta and eggs

This case study, finalized and updated onto the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talks about the Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Wandsworth Infections Linked to Veggie Booty. Publishing this outbreak onto their website makes it very beneficial and helps the public realize the importance of food health. Food health is just as important as overall public health. It is essential because people need to consume food in order to live, and if their food is tainted or contaminated, it would cause health problems and sickness and in some extreme cases, death. Ensuring food health will overall promote public health in the long run.

When it comes to food borne illnesses there is a high risk population of people who are most likely to get a food borne illness than others. These people include elderly people , people with compromised immune systems and preschool aged children. Younger children have not yet developed all the way and that means that their immune system is not as strong yet so this is probably why so many of

Food hygiene is very important to prevent cross contamination. If strict guidelines are not adhered to in the handling of food serious illness can be caused.

A) Emerging Infectious Diseases reported an example of a real life outbreak of community-acquired foodborne illness caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in January 2002, from the Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. A family purchased a dinner of shredded barbeque pork and coleslaw from a convenience and delicatessen market. The pork was reheated in the home microwave, and three adults ate the food after it was bought. Three to four hours after eating the meal, the three adults who had not eaten another common meal together in the preceding week had nausea, vomiting, and stomach cramps. The two children who did not eat the food did not become sick. Two of the three adults were hospitalized for evaluation, and then they were treated and released.

Every year over 96,000 people contract E.Coli, 3,200 of those people are hospitalized for E.Coli, and over 31 people die each year from E.Coli (Food News). E.Coli (otherwise known as Escherichia coli O157:H7) is a disease that is spread in many ways, the most common way being raw and uncooked food in the restaurant being served to the customer. Another way E.Coli is spread is through contact human/animal feces. E.Coli can be prevented, here are some ways to do so; Cook all meats to at least 160 degrees fahrenheit, wash your hands with warm water and soap (especially after touching raw meats), wash off all kitchen supplies thoroughly, use only pasteurized dairy and juice products, use/drink treated water, If you travel to another country that may have unsafe water don’t use tap or ice water, avoid raw fruits and veggies (Web MD).

Foodborne illness is one of the more common illnesses that affects every 1 in 6 Americans each year according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) (cdc.gov). Of those 48 million people, about 128,00 are hospitalized while 3,000 are left dead (cdc.gov). Foods such as: fruits, vegetables, meat and poultry, and shellfish, are the number one causers of foodborne illness. Produce accounted for the highest affecting food group with leafy greens causing more than 46% by the norovirus (https://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/attribution/attribution-1998-2008.html). Poultry accounted for the most deaths with findings of Salmonella and Listeria as the two main bacteria causing agents.

Food borne illness is a big issue in the United States. Each year up to 5,000 people die from foodborne illness… something that plays a role in foodborne illness is boxing labels such as expiration dates. Another thing that is another big part in foodborne illness is the way it processed or cooked. When the government monitors food safety, there are fewer foodborne illnesses that make people sick.

In 2011, the long-term problem of infections with 6 main pathogens transmitted commonly through food didn’t changed in 2006-2008. The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011: It gives FDA further command to regulate food facilities, form standards for safe produce, recall tainted foods, inspect imported foods, and develop in surveillance and react to outbreaks. It calls on CDC to restore surveillance and outbreak reactions. Melanie Miller, an official with the partnership for Food Safety Education, says, “While the U.S. food supply is among the safest of the world, harmful bacteria can still find its way into our

• Case: a person that contracted a food borne illness after ingesting to food borne microorganisms, toxins or physical hazards in food.

Over the years, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have identified several risk factors and estimated that 76 million cases of foodborne illness occur annually in the United States. Risk factors that contributed to

are food borne pathogens and cause gastroenteritis and enteric fever in a broad host range.

Bryan, FL. (1999). Procedures to Investigate Foodborne Illness Fifth Edition (p. 119). Des Moines, IA: International Association for Food Protection.

Common illnesses that can occur are salmonella and trichinosis poisoning resulting from improper handling of chicken, eggs or pork (Jardin, 2009, para.2). Diseases such as: campylobacteriosis, cholera, and listeriosis also make the list of illnesses (Jardin, 2009, para.1). These diseases are the versions of food poisoning, which can be life-threatening. According to the World of Health article published in 2007,

Food contamination refers to the presence in food of harmful chemicals and microorganisms which can cause consumer illness.