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<br /> COUNCIL FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-2
<br /> The most common loodbornc bacterial p:nhotcns cue, and the protozoan parasite Tu.tnplu.cma,Gundii. Tri-
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<br /> that may be found on meat and poultry arc Cungrylo- c'lrinella spirn/ia' localizes in the muscles of pigs and
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<br /> bucrerjrjuNi. F,.+<~/rerichiut'n1i0157:H7.Lisre•riunumr,- many wild :mimals and when im_ested by humans can
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<br /> c.rrn•ec•„r-,~. varintls srd,nr„I<•urr spp.. and sro/,ml.„'„r~<'„+ cause trichinosis. Fnrumatcly. this disease is rare in the
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<br /> uureu+. The avntptoms ul c;unpyluhactcriusis causrJ he United States. Aduh tapeworms may he sever;tl feel long
<br /> C. /r,/uni rrnrr:dly ?rr a mill Jiarrhr? br,~nwm;• I In 7 :uul urclslonally inkctiuns m;ty resuh Innu auarhmetn
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<br /> Jays alirr ingestion of contaminated Inod and m:n• last of Cvcric'erru.c boric to the wall DI the intestine. If the
<br /> Irom I to 7 Javs. Infections larvae emerge ,within the in-
<br /> from E. cnli 0157:H7 can testine. they may penetrate
<br /> c;tusc uvcrc abdominal THB R:\DIATION PASTEURIZATION the wall: when that happens
<br /> crmnpsanttpain.Mondydiarv the eyes. heart. liver. lungs.
<br /> rhea. ;md occasional renal I'P`OCGSS I'OR N.\Nl' FOODS FIRS 6EEN
<br /> and brain may become infect-
<br /> lailure sC,trtine 3 l0 7 dawn ;\PPROVI:D OR F.XDORSED [3Y THE rd.Othcrsymptomsofinfec-
<br /> after ingesunn of the contam_ tion may he abdominal pain.
<br /> inatcd Ibod. I:utime days to MAJOR U.S. ,\~D \\'ORLD r\GENCIL-S ?ausea. ,~~cakncss. +aci_ht
<br /> wceks,;wJ possibh~rcxlhine ,1NI) ;\tiSUCI:\"PIONS. loss. Itun_cr pacts, and ner-
<br /> indeath. LISlerlp?IS caused bw vousncss. In 1993, T. ,l'nrtAii
<br /> infection,vithL. uunutt'rmer- caused x.096 cases of food-
<br /> nes is an acute infccuon o(thc brain anh ur ,vuhout ar- home illnrzs m thr United States at an estimated cost
<br /> compaming persistence of the organism in the blood. of 5'_.7 billion. In moll ulhcnvise healthy individuals.
<br /> Symptoms appear suddenly and incluJe fr,er. intense its associated disease usually is mild and sel(limitin_.
<br /> headache, nausrt, anJ wnmitim~. The hlaoJbunte lurm It can. ho,aevcr, cwsc diseases r;meing fmm a msh to
<br /> of the Jiuaxu is an acute. mild illncss,+ith inllurnra likr hepatitis in adult. Babies m;ty be infected before birth
<br /> symptoms. ,chich in pregn:mt wuntcn usu;Jh~ rrsulls in by crass inlection from the mother. These congcnnal
<br /> infection of thr Icuu ;uul misearriagr. \Lnl IuoJhurnr inlrctiuns snmrlintrs kad to inlcctiorn u(thc brain with
<br /> r;urs of lisrt•rimis nrcur antnm_ uuliciduals ++ith sup- +Irath orcurrine in ~ In IpC~ of thr coos. In thou pcr-
<br /> presud invnunc .)stems. In thnr mdi, iJuals Ihr mot- sons ,whose immune systrnts arc not functioning at nor-
<br /> tality rltc may mach -13~r, m-gall It i, ~U~i. !_i,rrriu mot Irccls, precioush~ benign infections oFTn.v,plu.vna
<br /> nu)nrt~rur,ra•nc+ c:m nudtipi, m lauds stored at rrt tiger- ~nndri Inav proerrss u) encephalitis :uul other inlections
<br /> utiun 0.•ngtcraulre,, su ris6 may Incre;ur furl m. slirrugr. of the central nrrcaus svstrnt.
<br /> despite proper rrl rigrratiun. S:d nxnmllosu. c;uucJ M
<br /> inl Ceuon with :mv ul acct '_SOU Jlllrlrnl sl r:u ns ul Std- '1'IIF: 155Ut'.
<br /> rnorre!/u. is charactcrirrJ he a mild to ucerc wrote gas- Radiation pastcuriralion when usrtl in conjunction
<br /> troentrritis starling G to 7'_ hour :dtrr im_cslinn nl con- ilh proper food prererssing rand preparation techniques,
<br /> t:u»inatcd lixxl antl I;utim~ h,r da,s to „rrks. and grrttly Jcrrcascs the probability that Foodhorne patho-
<br /> e;wsing (cert. pain. diarrhea. n;ulsca. and n,nuung..tirrr -em associat~tl +,itlt meat. poultry. ;md other litods well
<br /> pln'Inrnrevc aortae cm pmdure a brat-stable tosin in reach consumers.
<br /> improperly sn,rrd iuoJ that. if inecstcd. „ill produce
<br /> mild In severe svn)ptonu of nausea. cralups. ~nlniting. SOUHCPa OF TO~I%1\'C R:\UL\'I'10\ APPRO\'h:U
<br /> diarrhea. and prostration in [a 7 Itour> Luling I U) ~ POH FOOU IRI2ADLATION
<br /> days The mn has apprnwed the litllowine saurccs of
<br /> 13rc1: pork. ;uul other me;us sunutintro arc con- innizine r?dialion lorthc trc;ununtol foods: g;unmarays
<br /> tantin:ual he parasltir org?nisnt, that ma,' cauu disc:uc produced by Ihr natural Jccay of radioactive isotopes
<br /> in hwn;ms „hen inecslyd. :\mrn+~_ Ihrsr ar: Ihr p:u;uil~ ul rohall-GO or ccsiwn-137, x-rays with a maximum
<br /> it ncm:uodr %'rirhurr~llu ~prrrrlr,. the hncinr :rod park rnargy of lice million elerlmn volts I~ICV), and eleC-
<br /> clpc„-arms C,:+rir.rru., bnri.a anJ Cc~rirerrrr, rrllulu- u~ons with a maximum energy of 10 MeV. (The elec-
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