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Understanding Foodborne Illnesses: Protect Your Health from Bacterial Infections

Each year, 76 million Americans suffer from foodborne illnesses, primarily due to bacterial infections. Learning about the bacteria that cause food poisoning, such as E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, and Staphylococcus, is essential for safeguarding your health. Symptoms can include diarrhea, fever, vomiting, and dehydration. Proper practices like washing food, ensuring hygiene, and cooking meat thoroughly can help prevent these illnesses. By understanding food safety, you can protect yourself and your loved ones from serious health risks.

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Understanding Foodborne Illnesses: Protect Your Health from Bacterial Infections

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  1. Eubacteria – Part 3

  2. Bacteria and your health.

  3. Why should you care about learning about food borne illnesses?

  4. Answer! 76+ million Americans contract a food borne illness each year.

  5. Answer! 76+ million Americans contract a food borne illness each year. • Learning about them can help you when the picture below becomes your home for a few days.

  6. Bacterial Food Poisoning

  7. Bacterial Food Poisoning 81 million cases a year.

  8. Bacterial Food Poisoning 81 million cases a year. 20 of the many thousands of different bacteria actually are the culprits.

  9. Bacterial Food Poisoning 81 million cases a year. 20 of the many thousands of different bacteria actually are the culprits. Symptoms, including diarrhea, fever, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and dehydration.

  10. Bacterial Food Poisoning 81 million cases a year. 20 of the many thousands of different bacteria actually are the culprits. Symptoms, including diarrhea, fever, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and dehydration. E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Staphylococcus

  11. Bacterial Food Poisoning 81 million cases a year. 20 of the many thousands of different bacteria actually are the culprits. Symptoms, including diarrhea, fever, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and dehydration. E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Staphylococcus

  12. Bacterial Food Poisoning 81 million cases a year. 20 of the many thousands of different bacteria actually are the culprits. Symptoms, including diarrhea, fever, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and dehydration. E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Staphylococcus

  13. Bacterial Food Poisoning 81 million cases a year. 20 of the many thousands of different bacteria actually are the culprits. Symptoms, including diarrhea, fever, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and dehydration. E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Staphylococcus

  14. Bacterial Food Poisoning 81 million cases a year. 20 of the many thousands of different bacteria actually are the culprits. Symptoms, including diarrhea, fever, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and dehydration. E. coli, Salmonella, Shigella, Staphylococcus

  15. Bacterial food borne illness can be prevented by….

  16. Controlling the initial number of bacteria present.

  17. Washing food before preparation and serving.

  18. This lettuce looks healthy, why should I wash it? • It only grows in a field.

  19. What is one thing missing from this workplace?

  20. Answer – A restroom to dispose of waste and to wash hands.

  21. Answer – A restroom to dispose of waste and to wash hands. • Some places are responsible, follow code and provide facilities to workers. Some do not.

  22. It looks like a long way to the bathroom from here.

  23. It looks like a long way to the bathroom from here. • “Maybe I’ll go here and just kick some dirt over it.”“Paper…Ummm”

  24. Where in a restaurant would you expect to find the most harmful bacteria?

  25. Where in a restaurant would you expect to find the most harmful bacteria? Is that Jerry?

  26. Answer! Studies have found the lemon / limes have more harmful bacteria on them than even the restrooms.

  27. Answer! Studies have found the lemon / limes have more harmful bacteria on them than even the restrooms. • Very rarely are the lemons washed before they end up in your drink or on your food.

  28. Learning proper hygiene and hand washing.

  29. Proper hand washing techniques.

  30. Proper hand washing techniques.

  31. Proper hand washing techniques.

  32. Proper hand washing techniques.

  33. Proper hand washing techniques.

  34. Proper hand washing techniques.

  35. Proper hand washing techniques.

  36. Proper hand washing techniques.

  37. Why do we turn off the faucet with the paper towel?

  38. Is that ?????

  39. Do you think that this bathroom door handle is germ free?

  40. Do you think that this bathroom door handle is germ free? • You’ve now Washed your hands to just touch a handle that hundreds have touched. Many haven’t washed their hands.

  41. Fecal Matter

  42. Fecal Matter I thought that was what I saw!!!

  43. “I’m putting feces in my mouth but I don’t know it.”

  44. Refrigeration: Prevents the small number of bacteria from growing rapidly.

  45. Unless….

  46. Destroying the bacteria by proper cooking.

  47. When the wait staff asks how you would like your meat cooked, say “I would like my meat well done!”

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