CHAPTER 12 Food Safety

Nutrition HO-15

48 million cases of foodborne illness3,000 deaths annually

Microbes

Infection Intoxication

E Coli O157:H7

bloody diarrhea severe intestinal

cramping dehydration &

even death

“You’d be better off eating a carrot stick that fell in your toilet than one that fell in your [kitchen] sink.” Charles Gerba, PhD

Keep hot food hot

Keep cold food cold

Keep raw food separate

Keep your hands clean

Pesti

cide

s

Control insects, weeds, diseases

4.5 billion lbs of pesticides/year

Linked with birth defects, tumors in animals

Effective?

Natural and Artificial Flavors

Citromax Flavors

Natural FlavorHerbs

Fruits

Veggies

Spices Beef

Chicken

Yeast

Bark

Almond flavor + cyanide

Bark

Apricot pits

Peach pits

Organic Foods and GMOs

Pros Cons

Not nutritional superior

High cost

25% of organics have pesticides

Benefits environment

Limits pesticide resistance

Minimize pesticide exposure

“The published literature lacks strong evidence that organic foods are significantly more nutritious than conventional foods”. “Consumption of organic foods may reduce exposure to pesticide residues and antibiotic-resistant bacteria”.

GMO Pros GMO Cons

High cost to farmers

Cross pollination

Failure to confine

Insects become resistant

Food shortages

Nutrient deficiencies

Medicine shortages

Dwindling farmland

GMO Pros GMO Cons

High cost to farmers

Cross pollination

Failure to confine/resistance

UNKNOWN??

Food shortages/farmland

Nutrient deficiencies/medicine

shortage

Prop 37

Monsant

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THE Food

Safety END