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    Keep Calm: Bugs in our Food
    Keep Calm: Bugs in our Food
    Keep Calm: Bugs in our Food
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    Keep Calm: Bugs in our Food

    By Alan Barnard

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    Whenever we bring fresh food into the kitchen it comes with its own complement of bugs. Some are harmless and some that would do us harm, given the chance. In this book the bugs are described and the everyday foods and exotic foods they are most often associated with. What we can do to control them is discussed, and what they can do to us if we eat them. Ten food types are discussed and the fifteen or so bacteria and viruses that are associated with them. There is a short review of the problems of food hygiene going towards the future.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlan Barnard
    Release dateMay 6, 2014
    ISBN9781311873491
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      Keep Calm - Alan Barnard

      KEEP CALM

      BUGS IN OUR FOOD

      Dr Alan Barnard

      Copyright Alan Barnard 2014

      Published at Smashwords

      Please be aware that this book was written in the UK where environmental conditions and medical practice may be different from other parts of the world. The material provided in this book is designed to provide helpful information on the subjects discussed. The book is not meant to be used nor should it be used to diagnose or treat any medical condition. For the diagnosis and treatment of individual medical problems please consult a registered medical practitioner. The writer and publishers cannot accept any responsibility or liability for any damage or loss of any kind resulting from any errors or omissions or actions that may be taken as a consequence of information contained within this book.

      PLEASE NOTE:  Where the full scientific name of an organism is given in the text, it is by convention printed in italics. In this book italics are not used for emphasis.

      Table of Contents

      FOREWORD

      INTRODUCTION

      THE BUGS

      RAW MEAT AND POULTRY

      Salmonella

      Campylobacter

      E.coli

      Clostridium perfringens

      Staphylococcus aureus

      EGGS

      MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS

      Listeria monocytogenes

      FISH

      Scombrotoxin

      Ciguatera toxin

      CRUSTACEANS AND SHELLFISH

      Vibrio parahaemolyticus

      Parvovirus

      Norovirus

      MAYONNAISE AND SAUCES

      CANNED FOOD

      Clostridium botulinum

      RICE AND PASTA

      Bacillus cereus

      Moulds (mycotoxins)

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

      READY MEALS

      Yersinia enterocolytica

      PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

      Foreword

      The need for this book arose from the publication of my earlier book on food poisoning, which was mainly for professionals and written in semi-note form. The format of that book, which dealt mainly with basic facts, of necessity excluded some relevant detail and left questions unanswered. The purpose of this book is to include the additional detail to make a more rounded and complete explanation of food type and the harmful bacteria and viruses that may be associated with it. It is a book written without too much technical or medical terminology. I hope that domestic cooks and chefs will find it useful, as will all those with an interest in food hygiene.

      Except where outbreaks of illness occur in institutions, most individual cases of food poisoning are not referred for medical advice. More often than not it is the patient who makes the diagnosis and prescribes self medication. For those patients maybe this text will offer useful advice.

      Introduction

      An amazing assortment of food from around the world is available now in shops, markets and supermarkets, and a large proportion of the food we eat has been processed in some way or another, much of it in a country far from the place where it is consumed. Modern lifestyles create challenging public health issues with regard to food: the increasing preference for eating raw fish and uncooked shellfish; the developing fashion of eating lightly cooked red meat, and even raw meat; the use of raw milk and raw fresh eggs in the preparation of uncooked dishes and the local customs of consuming rotting fish and fish known to be poisonous. Even so, it is entirely reasonable to expect that items of food, for which most of us pay hard earned cash, should be both appetising and nourishing, and not be potentially harmful.

      Considering the large variety and the

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