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Blaming consumers, australia edition: taxpayer money to make peoplefeel guilty about foodborne illn by 123wert sdfsf
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Blaming consumers, australia edition: taxpayer money to make peoplefeel guilty about foodborne illn by 123WERT SDFSF
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Posted: June 11th, 2012 - 1:12pm Source: barfblog Bad food safety information, like bacteria, has no respect forgeographic boundaries. Food safety isn"t simple; people argue about specifics allthe time. But failing to acknowledge uncertainties, doubts orerrors while making proclamations from on public relations highundermines the credibility of the message and the messenger. Marnie McKimmie of The West Australian wrote a piece a couple ofweeks ago that, in one special synthesis, contains a greatest hitsof microbial food safety myths. Juliana Madden, executive director of the Food Safety InformationCouncil, Australia"s version of the equally tragic FightBacand other consumer education campaigns, shares these gems: "You can be sloppy peeling the carrots if you are going tobake them, but if you are going to stir fry or have salads then youhave to be a lot more careful because that little bit of dirt onthe outside can still be there and can contain all sorts of thingsbut particularly E.
coli, which is one of the big ones and is justhideously awful." Any raw food can be contaminated. An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7last year in the U.K. sickened 250 and killed one. Best guess wasmessy handling of raw potatoes and leeks.
Carrots are the same.They"re grown in soil. Things poop on soil, and water withpoop runs through soil. Careful with those carrot peels. "The German bean sprouts outbreak was so unfortunate becauseit was a perfect storm. Those sprouts had actually been treated asproperly as they could have been in regards to the regulations butthere were two mutations - one made the E.coli a lot more toxic andthe other made the E.coli a lot stickier and therefore difficult towash off." The contamination was probably in the seed, like in so many othersprouts outbreaks (a table is available atbites.ksu.edu/sprouts-associated-outbreaks).
No amount ofwashing would have prevented the outbreak. And mutations happen allthe time. "Always wash pre-washed green vegetables. Despite what thelabel advises, these must always be washed again at home to reducethe risk of food poisoning from bacteria such as listeria,"warned Sophie Williamson, WA Health Department food unit actingmanager. Researchers concluded in a 2007 review that additional washing ofpre-washed salads would increase the food safety risk because ofpotential cross-contamination in food service and home kitchens.
AsDon Zink of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told USA Todaylast year, bagged lettuce and spinach were already washed in asanitizing solution at the packing plant and it was probably a lotcleaner than your kitchen. Microorganisms bond to the surface ofthe food item. "You are not going to rinse them off, it simplywon't happen, they cannot be washed off." Or, as I said, All washing might do is "remove the snot thatsome 3-year-old blew onto the food at the grocery store."Washing "lowers the pathogen count a little, but not to safelevels if it's contaminated." People can have their preferences – back it up with data.
"Bean sprouts. A high-risk food that must be washedthoroughly, Ms Williamson said." Again, washing does almost nothing except make people feel good.The U.S National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria forFoods figured this out in 1999. "Chicken. Still not enough families were ensuring it wascooked until the pink in the middle disappeared and the liquidclear, warned Ms Williamson." Color is a terrible indicator. Using a tip-sensitive digitalthermometer is the only way to tell if food has reached a safetemperature.
Even some Aussies are warming to the idea ofthermometers. Who funds this Food Safety Information Council? See for yourself atfoodsafety.asn.au. au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/lifestyle/a/-/article/13818910/greater-vigilance-needed-in-food-preparation/ www.foodsafety.asn.au/ barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/blog/150660/11/10/01/e-coli-o157-linked-leeks-sickens-250-and-kills-1-uk-8-month-outbreak-only-now-b barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/blog/139850/08/10/09/are-you-food-safety-savvy ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/datastore/234-851.pdf barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/blog/153113/12/02/15/slippage-and-snot-happens-wash-your-hands-these-food-safety-myths www.fda.gov/food/foodsafety/product-specificinformation/fruitsvegetablesjuices/ucm078789.htm barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/blog/155153/12/05/31/your-hamburger-done-color-lousy-indicator-k-state"s-hunt-honored-american-meat- barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/blog/153912/12/03/28/aussies-meat-thermometer-‘not-bad-idea". I am Air Fresheners writer, reports some information about bamboo rattan wicker , euro coin collection.
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