Hey guys!
Welcome to this belated week’s blog entry, written by me, Keith! Time for a look at some of the food and health & safety stories from around the word. Let’s get started:
Its not Chicken Licking Good!
(BBC news, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15990940)
Its seems that 90% of cases of the most common food poisoning was cause by undercooked chicken liver pate, which is commonly eaten at weddings.
Campylobacter, which is one of the most common forms of food poisoning, caused 443 people to be ill, and one to go to hospital over 2011. Last year, it was estimated that there may have been more than 600,000 cases in the England and Wales.
In 2011 there were 18 outbreaks of the disease, which has risen in comparison from 2008, in which there was only 3.
Caterers can reduce the risk of their people becoming infected by ensuring that Campylobacter is killed through proper cooking and by avoiding cross-contamination to other foods, which if you have taken a Food Safety Level 2 course…. you would know!
Government Leaves Consumers Scratching their Heads.
(BBC Newsbeat, http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/15970712/)
The government blocked a proposal to tighten the law on who can become a hair dresser. Many people have called for hair dressers to be regulated, just like doctors and builders. This is because they handle potentially dangerous chemicals and should have sufficient training to do this.
Although rare, accidents and mistakes do happen, which one case a young lady was left needing a skin graft and then after, a permanent bald patch, because of chemical burns caused by incorrectly applied highlight chemicals, something that couldn’t be sorted with a comb over! the lady inquestion successfully sued the salon for damages.
David Morris, former hairdresser, turned MP believes that hairdressers should have tighter regulations and training to help stop these incidents from happening and prove that they have had the correct training.
Radioactive Rice!
(The Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/18/fukushima-rice-banned-by-japan)
Unfortunately, eating this won’t turn you into a super hero! Japan has banned the export of rice from Onami district, due to levels of radioactive caesium exceeding safe limits. This is the first shipment of rice to be banned since the March 11th earthquake and a tsunami caused 3 of the 6 nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichim power plant to melt down.
Japan has stressed that none of this rice, is in circulation and as soon as the safety of the rice has been confirmed, they will lift the ban.
Accident After Been Stuck in Room
(Safety News, http://www.safetynews.co.uk/)
In the back end of November two workers at Vivid Image, a video equipment manufacturing plant in Theresa, Wisconsin, was involved in a confined space incidental. One worker died and the other was hospitalised, after been caught in an oxygen deprived environment, which also had fumes from glues and adhesive.