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Foodborne illness (also called food poisoning) occurs when we ingest harmful bacteria, chemicals, viruses or parasites. That happens when our food is contaminated, and it can happen in a number of ...
Following a recall of raw ground beef due to possible E. coli contamination and summer Vibrio vulnificus deaths, a CNN expert shares how you can improve food safety practices.
The National Poison Prevention Week logo. National Poison Prevention Week is observed in the United States the third week of March. The goal of the week is to raise awareness of the risk of being poisoned by household products, medicines, pesticides, plants, bites and stings, food poisoning, and fumes. Awareness being duly raised, it is hoped ...
Foodborne illness (also known as foodborne disease and food poisoning) [1] is any illness resulting from the contamination of food by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites, [2] as well as prions (the agents of mad cow disease), and toxins such as aflatoxins in peanuts, poisonous mushrooms, and various species of beans that have not been boiled for at least 10 minutes.
Food safety (or food hygiene) is used as a scientific method/discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness.The occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from the ingestion of a common food is known as a food-borne disease outbreak. [1]
A new review of existing studies pinpoints the most effective strategies that can help a person quit smoking. These include a common anti-nicotine drug, a plant-based drug, and nicotine e-cigarettes.
These crops can harm or even kill pests, repel feeding, prevent colonization, or tolerate the presence of a pest without significantly impacting yield. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Resistance can also occur through genetic engineering to have traits with resistance to insects, such as with Bt corn , or papaya resistance to ringspot virus. [ 28 ]
A number of methods of prevention can be used that can either totally prevent, delay, or otherwise reduce food spoilage. A food rotation system uses the first in first out method (FIFO), which ensures that the first item purchased is the first item consumed. [12] [13]