Listeria

Animal Agriculture and Environmental Destruction Many people who fancy themselves to be environmentalists are fond of demonizing the automobile industry, calling it the number one agent of global pollution. (Just look at some of the literature emanating from such "mainstream" organizations as Environment California and the Sierra Club.) However, when it comes to environmental destruction, animal agriculture is the elephant in the room that no one wants to acknowledge, confront, or talk about. Animal-based

Every year, approximately 600 to 1,000 people are diagnosed from meningococcal disease in the U.S, and only 15 percent die of people who get meningitis (Statistics). However, after surviving from meningococcal disease, patients have high risks that they will have to live with permanent disabilities. Nowadays, meningitis becomes a rare condition in the U.S. because of the improvement of the vaccine. Comparing to the United States, many other countries in the world are still struggling with meningococcal

Blue Bell informed the public as soon as a recall was put in place. Blue Bell was transparent throughout the crisis which gave them credibility. Blue Bell made sure the whole truthful story was available through their press releases. The symptoms of Listeria were clearly stated in each of the press releases. This allowed

to die in this deadly E.coli breakout , which was spreading from state to state. Even though deadly bacterial outbreaks happen on a daily basis, new food and regulations are being enforced more each year. Starting in the 1920s’, the bacteria, Listeria monocytogenes, is discovered. If this bacteria is found in foods, then the bacteria can cause an illness with flu-like symptoms known as Listeriosis. Only about 5 decades later, food inspections in the U.S. have declined by 78 percent. As reported

rarely, after some surgeries”. There are also various strains of bacterial meningitis, the most common include streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus), haemophilus influenzae (haemophilus), and listeria monocytogenes (listeria) (Meningitis Directory). Bacterial meningitis is usually severe and can be deadly as well as contagious among

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is the second largest federally assisted food program in the United States and operates in over 100,000 public and nonprofit schools and residential childcare institutions (USDA, 2014). Schools that participate in the NSLP must serve lunches that meet the nutrition standards defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and are required to serve free or reduced priced lunches to eligible students. In return, participating schools receive cash

processed foods by people ,thus microbilogical safety of such foods is an utmost concern to mainatin public health(Abadias et al. 2008).In Australia ‘FOOD STANDARDS AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND’ (FSANZ) had regulated the guidelines for food safety. Salmonella ,Listeria monocytogens,Staphylococcus aureus,Bacillus cereus,Aeromonas

A microbiome is all of the genetic material found within an individual microbe such as a bacterium, fungal cell or virus. It may also refer to the group of genetic material found in a community of microbes that live together. Furthermore, a microbiome also refers to a set of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses that live in a particular environment mostly the human body such as the skin or the gastrointestinal tract. The Human Microbiome Project was a project initiated by the NIH,

Introduction Idealism is what started the thought progress for factory farms and soon factory farms would be on the raise for greatness. Even though factory farms main purpose is to give back to the people there has been serious questions that challenge the thought progress on all the negative effects that these farms bring to a community also the earth. Factory farms are eroding the lands around them, they are also giving humans a chance to receive diseases that are much more higher then eating

receiving the warning letter. Summary of “Whole Foods Must Clean Up Its Act, FDA says” FDA found Listeria at multiple manufacturing facilities of Whole Foods and found out ready-to-eat foods such as pesto pasta, egg salad, and quesadilla were being prepared under insanitary conditions. Inspectors took 100 environmental samples on surfaces where food touches and surfaces that doesn’t and found Listeria on food contact surfaces. It also mentions how Whole Foods response and solutions weren’t accepted