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Loaves of bread have been taken off store shelves in Japan after the remains of “a small animal” believed to be a rat were found. But the nation has been rocked by food woes recently ...
The outbreak was centred on Jack in the Box fast food outlets in the United States. The 1992–1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak occurred when the Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacterium (originating from contaminated beef patties) killed four children and infected 732 people across four US states. [1][2][3] The outbreak involved 73 Jack in the ...
2007 – Pet food recalls occurred in North America, Europe, and South Africa as a result of Chinese protein export contamination using melamine as an adulterant. 2008 – Baby milk scandal, in China. 300,000 babies affected, 51,900 hospitalisations and 6 infant deaths.
Children are particularly vulnerable to aflatoxin exposure, which is linked to immune suppression, stunted growth, [4] delayed development, [5] aflatoxicosis, [6] food spoilage and liver cancer. Some studies have reported an association between childhood stunting and aflatoxin exposure, although this link has not been consistently detected in ...
Stunted growth, also known as stunting or linear growth failure, is defined as impaired growth and development manifested by low height-for-age. [1] It is a primary manifestation of malnutrition (or more precisely chronic undernutrition) and recurrent infections, such as diarrhea and helminthiasis, in early childhood and even before birth, due to malnutrition during fetal development brought ...
A recent salmonella outbreak has sickened 65 people across nine states: Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, California, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Utah and Virginia. Wisconsin reported the most cases ...
Trichinella. v. t. e. 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]
Studies have shown that consuming ultra-processed foods is associated with 32 poor health outcomes. Studies have shown that providing children with a nutritious diet improves their mental well ...