Question

State the roles of proper food preparation and sanitation play in the decrease of microbial digestive tract infections.

What is the significance of capsule on particular strains of e.coli that causes digestive tract infections vs. strains of e.coli that cause urinary tract infections?

Answer 1

Ans 1)

Food preparation and the sanitation play an important role in reducing the microbial digestive tract infections. The most important reason is by properly preparing and processing the food, it prevents it from being spoiled or damaged. Lack of proper handling opens the food to contamination causing a lot of food-borne illness. It plays an important role in preventing the overall microbial contamination.

• Prevent the microbial contamination of raw materials along with the final products during the manufacturing of the meat. This leads to the absolute cleanliness of tools along with washing of the hands and outfits.
• It helps in minimizing the microbial growth in case of the raw materials as well as in the meat products.
• It helps in reducing the overall microbial contamination and it might apply an array of techniques like heat treatment or by extension of the shelf.
• It kills the microbes before the food is being consumed and hence it does not cause any type of infection in the gut.
• The quality of the food is maintained through all the food processing technologies and it reduces the overall bad practices.