Essays Tagged: "Listeria"

Foodborne Competition.

hogens in food (USDA). Some of the common foodborne illnesses are Botulism, Campylobacter, E. coli, Listeria, and Salmonella. Botulism is a serious illness that causes flaccid paralysis of muscles (Me ... aths (USDA). Listeriosis, a serious infection caused by eating food contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, has recently been recognized as an important public health problem in the Un ...

(9 pages) 60 2 4.6 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Maple Leaf Foods - Listeria Outbreak

called, as there were twenty-two deaths that were caused by the onset of Listeriosis. (Wilson, 2011)Listeria monocytogenes, (hereby referred to as listeria) is a bacterium that is food borne. Listeria ... systems, and pregnant women, and quite often is fatal. (C, 402) The key issue when trying to detect listeria is the life cycle of the disease. As the text suggests "the time between eating contaminate ...

(10 pages) 1 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies