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ABC's of food safety

It is interesting, perhaps even alarming, that most consumers are not concerned about microbiological contamination, despite solid evidence that, it is the one most likely to occur. Many homes have unsafe food storage and preparation practices. These may cause flu-like and other illnesses that are never traced to improper handling of food. Consumers rarely consider their own food practices a hazard . ABC's of food safety: the good, bad and ugly microbes! Now some ABC's of microbes Microbes are divided in to three categories: Good microbes: those which make our tasty yogurt and fight illness-causing E-coli strains in your intestines. Bad microbes: which cause food deterioration (bad flavor and smell of your sandwiches). And finally the ugly microbes, those are called pathogenic microbes which cause abdominal pain, vomiting, and you know that bad night !) Notice that Some microbes are both bad and ugly, watch out for those rotten breads ! Microbiological contam...

Consumers and food safety

Clearly , consumers should be responsible for inspecting packages for visible evidence of  tampering, microbial growth , or other contamination . Further, food should be stored and used , and the product should be served in such a way as to prevent microbiological growth and maintain a high-quality , safe product . However, it is ironic that we consumers see ourselves as having greater responsibility for food safety than either the government or the for industry since we frequently lack the tools and the skills to assess many crucial aspects of food safety . For instance, most of us are unable to determine that our food is free of harmful bacteria that don't affect the color , flavor,  appearance of the food , such as the dangerous Listeria , radioactive elements such as strontium-90, or 3 excessive levels of pesticides or pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls. Another irony is that many food safety problems are caused bu unsafe food practices in th...