Tainted Food on the Rise in Cafeterias. Darcia Harris Bowman.
by Bowman, Darcia Harris; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 54Health. Publisher: Education Week, 2003ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Food -- Safety measures | Food contamination | Food handling | Food industry and trade | Foodborne diseases | Hand washing | Illinois | Irradiation | National school lunch program | School children -- Food | United States Dept. of AgricultureDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Outbreaks of food-borne illness are on the rise in U.S. schools--increasing by 10 percent a year in the 1990s--even as recent federal health data show a significant decrease in food poisoning in the general population from dangerous bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella." (EDUCATION WEEK) The author addresses tainted food in school cafeterias citing "poor hygiene in processing plants, improper storage and heating of food in school kitchens and even the unwashed hands of students," in addition to contamination prior to the schools' receipt of the food, as reasons for this increase.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Tainted Food on the Rise in Cafeterias, June 4, 2003; pp. 1+.
"Outbreaks of food-borne illness are on the rise in U.S. schools--increasing by 10 percent a year in the 1990s--even as recent federal health data show a significant decrease in food poisoning in the general population from dangerous bacteria such as E. coli and salmonella." (EDUCATION WEEK) The author addresses tainted food in school cafeterias citing "poor hygiene in processing plants, improper storage and heating of food in school kitchens and even the unwashed hands of students," in addition to contamination prior to the schools' receipt of the food, as reasons for this increase.
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