E. Coli is found in the excrement of both animals and
humans. It ends up in lakes and rivers from runoffs and sewages due to slaughterhouses
facilities where there are many gatherings of animal excrement. There are many
strands of the bacteria in which can be found harmful to human and animal
health. There have been many food recalls due to E. Coli. One where it was
found in infected spinach. Most of the time the bacteria is found mild but
others it is fatal causing the public to become sick. There can be a stop of E.
Coli contamination in lakes, oceans, rivers, etc. Food processing plants can
treat animals better. These animals are kept in the most unsanitary conditions.
Also, one can begin to locate slaughterhouses and facilities away from bodies
of water. What other ways do you think one can take on to reduce E. Coli
contamination?
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/education/e_coli/
ReplyDeleteI strongly disagree with your statement because I don’t believe that the government give food companies the right to inject hormones into our food, but I do think that they turn a blind eye to the situation. However, in certain situations the government doesn’t have much control over how the food is affected like with E-coli. It makes me sick to know that there is animal excrement, sewage, and other things on food. In an article I read about woman whose death was hasten by E-coli lettuce. In addition, in another article I read it said, “how that lettuce contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 came across the border from the U.S., CFIA now points to how involvement in the Leafy Green Marketing Agreement (LGMA) is a quick ticket across the international border for California-grown lettuce.”
http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/05/13/calgary-womans-death-after-eating-e-coli-tainted-lettuce-sparks-lawsuit-targeting-california-producer
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/01/contaminated-lettuce-came-from-lgma-grower/#.UZZfQ1Hle-8
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ReplyDeleteI agree with this because sometimes its not realized how bad E. Coli is for us and animals for it to be in our system isn't healthy at all. What is disgusting is that there is E. Coli found in our food and nobody is really doing anything to prevent that, Its like we bring up the topic and get everybody all hyped up and never do anything about it. If we took more care of our animals and the places where E. coli is formed the E. coli will of course decrease there would be less Recall on the food that we are consuming. Its all about whats done in these slaughterhouses and factories so if we can change that we can change that, that'll be a pretty good start. and expand more and more things to change i n the for industry.
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