Cross-Contamination and its Role in Food Poisoning Outbreaks Cross-contamination is one of the most major causes of food poisoning (Food Standards Agency‚ 2014). It is defined as ‘the process by which a substance that is harmful or dirty spreads from one area to another’ (Cambridge Online Dictionary‚ 2014) .There are 3 different types of contamination in the food industry; microbial contamination‚ physical contamination and chemical contamination‚ with microbial contamination being a more frequent
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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 handled
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Soil contamination Soil contamination or soil pollution is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human-made) chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment. It is typically caused by industrial activity‚ agricultural chemicals‚ or improper disposal of waste. The most common chemicals involved are petroleum hydrocarbons‚ polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (such as naphthalene and benzo(a)pyrene)‚ solvents‚ pesticides‚ lead‚ and other heavy metals. Contamination is correlated with the
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1.4 Formulation-related contaminations A few contaminations in a medication item or API can emerge from communications with excipients used to plan the medication item. During the time spent definition‚ a medication substance is subjected to different conditions that can prompt its debasement or different pernicious responses. For instance‚ if warmth is utilized for drying or for different reasons‚ it can encourage debasement of thermally labile medication substances. Arrangements and suspensions
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Product Contamination of Johnson & Johnson MAN 3554-1 Workplace Continuity & Contingency Planning – 1 Michelle Alderman Everest College June 8‚ 2014 The company I chose to write about is Johnson & Johnson and its crisis with Tylenol. Back in 1982 for reasons they did not know due to the “acts of a malevolent person or persons‚ presumably unknown‚ replaced Tylenol Extra-Strength capsules with cyanide-laced capsules‚ resealed the packages‚ and deposited them on the shelves of at least a half-dozen
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Even though some people believe that water contamination is inevitable and will be impossible to stop‚ water contamination is still a serious problem worldwide because chemical waste contaminates the water which poison fish that end up being pass down the food chain to us humans and water contamination spreads deadly diseases which causes about 2 million deaths per year. Now that we have a better understanding of the problems caused by water contamination. Where is contaminated water located? Contaminated
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Water Quality and Contamination Melody McBride SCI-207 Dependence of man on the environment Robin Glenn September 28‚ 2014 Abstract The lab was conducted at the McBride residence. For this experiment vegetable oil‚ vinegar and liquid detergent was use to contaminate the water. Testing of how ground water is affected by different contaminants was the bases of the experiment. The results were interesting in that when vinegar is filtered through dirt it came out fairly clean‚ it also
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Hair Contamination and Food Processing Plants When you are working with food‚ you have to take extra care to not contaminate the food in the process. Just like hands‚ hair is always and heavily contaminated with microorganisms. To prevent contamination‚ the proper prevention garments must be used‚ such as hair bouffants and beard snoods. When it comes to hair contamination prevention it’s important to understand how hair sheds and how it behaves under hair coverings. Using appropriate hair coverings
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Water Quality and Contamination Tamekia Roberts SCI 207: Dependence of man on the Environment Instructor: Michelle Kozlowski November 24‚ 2014 Introduction Background- The ever-increasing popularity of bottled water means that it is important to analyze not only its mineral content but also‚ above all‚ it’s content of possible contaminants‚ especially the organic ones. In this respect‚ bottled waters are a special case‚ because apart from organic chemical contaminants
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COMMENTARY Aseptic Processing Contamination Case Studies and the Pharmaceutical Quality System Richard L. Friedman Food & Drug Administration‚ Center for Drug Evaluation & Research‚ Division of Manufacturing & Product Quality ABSTRACT: This paper summarizes parenteral drug contamination case studies presented at industry conferences and a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meeting in the period of 2000-2004. CGMP deficiencies associated with each contamination event are discussed. The key
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