Food Poisoning - Assignment
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Added on 2021-05-31
Food Poisoning - Assignment
Added on 2021-05-31
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FOOD POISONING Presented by Student affiliation SupervisorFood PoisoningAtThe Hilton Brisbane
Over 50 visitors attending a wedding reception at the Hilton Brisbane suffered from food poisoning. The guests had cases of diarrhea and vomiting and thus needed fast medical attention. This was a biological food contamination that resulted from a virus known as the norovirus. The virus also known as the winter vomiting bug causes Gastroententeritis with patients experiencing diarrhea, stomach pain and vomiting Brisbane(2018).Queensland Health, a public health unit, performed a number of investigations on the hotel kitchen and found that it was in a quite good condition. The virus is spread from one person to another through personal contact or through eating contaminated food. The guests attending the reception may have come with the virus as they had attended other occasions before coming to the hotel Pardo(2016). According to Mr. Partridge, Hilton Hotel Brisbane manager, this can be taken as the main cause of the illness as the hotel had other visitors during that weekend and nobody had reported any sign or symptom of having the Gastroententeritis virus.From the investigations carried out, it is quite clear that the illness was mainly caused by failure in ensuring good personal hygiene. This is on the side of the guests as the hotel ensures good hygiene is maintained by all the staff members when preparing or serving the food. Personal hygiene is of great importance when it comes to handling food and beverage intended for consumption by any person since it prevents illness Miles(2016)..The norovirus that caused the virus was spread from one person to another through personal contact. It is thus important for people eating or peoplehandling food and beverage consumed by other people to ensure proper hygiene in order to prevent diseasesEddie(2016). To prevent this from happening in the future, Hilton hotel should ensure that:Hand washing facilities such as soap, running hot water and paper towels is supplied to all the guests and staff in the hotel. They should also encourage everyone to use these facilities before coming into contact with any type of food or beverage.Routine checking of the food and beverage should be done and the hotel should employ aFood Safety Supervisor who will monitor this. All the food handling and service staff should also be offered training thus be able to acquire knowledge of food and equipment hygiene and safety.The hotel should also ensure that any hot or cold food is stored at the required temperature with accurate food temperature measuring devices. Any contaminated food should also be disposed of properly as the norovirus can stay for up to 12 days on any contaminated surface or food. Areas where cleaning of the utensils and equipments is done should be large enough and cleanWard(2011). Sanitizers should be used to clean theequipment to prevent any bacteria or virus from surviving.In preventing the virus, the hotel should ensure that all the raw and cooked food is separated when stored. The storage should suite the type of food stored thus preventing the viruses or bacteria from contaminating them. TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY. IT’’S THEONLY PLACE YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN
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