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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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FOOD ILLNESS WEB SITES LAUNCHED August 24, 2000 Business Wire SEATTLE-- Marler Clark, the Seattle, Washington-based law firm known nationwide for its successful representation of persons injured in food-borne illness outbreaks, today launched its informational foodborne illness web sites.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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The environmental division of the Stark County Health Department regularly inspects Restaurants and Grocery Stores to reduce the potential for food-borne illness outbreaks and obtain compliance with applicable State and County laws by strong education and enforcement techniques.
Food irradiation, although useful in preventing food-borne illness, does not replace basic food safety procedures such as proper storage, safe handling practices and thorough cooking at appropriate temperatures.
Expedited review will generally be considered when an additive is intended to decrease the incidence of food-borne illness through its antimicrobial action against human pathogens that might be present in food.
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Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster
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If you are especially vulnerable to food-borne illness, you should eat seafood, meat and eggs only when they have been thoroughly cooked.
Any form of heating-baking, roasting or frying-destroys bacteria that cause food-borne illness.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Pathogens that cause most current food-borne illness have their origins in animals.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Marler went on to say that it is not unusual for companies implicated in food-borne illness outbreaks to immediately begin paying medical bills for victims.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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Food-borne illness can range from mild flu like symptoms to severe nausea, cramping, diarrhea and, in the most severe cases, death.
They often think they have the flu, but the real problem is food borne illness caused by bacteria in the food.
A little bleach water goes a long way to killing bacteria and preventing food borne illness.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Because our government has only recently begun to address food-borne illness as a serious public health problem, there is a dearth of research on technologically sophisticated technology to prevent, detect, and destroy food-borne pathogens.
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