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An in-depth investigation into a food poisoning outbreak. 深入调查一起食物中毒事件。

Catering & health Pub Date : 1991-01-01

R A North

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Opportunities for better health in the elderly through various forms of mass catering. 通过各种形式的大众餐饮，为老年人提供更好的健康机会。

Catering & health Pub Date : 1990-01-01

L Davies

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Microbiology and food hygiene in mass catering. 大众餐饮中的微生物学与食品卫生。

Catering & health Pub Date : 1988-01-01

H J Beckers

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Commercial foodservice considerations in providing consumer-driven nutrition program elements. Part I. Consumer health objectives and associated employee education needs. 商业餐饮服务在提供消费者驱动的营养计划要素方面的考虑。第一部分:消费者健康目标和相关的员工教育需求。

Catering & health Pub Date : 1988-01-01

L E Cummings

{"title":"Commercial foodservice considerations in providing consumer-driven nutrition program elements. Part I. Consumer health objectives and associated employee education needs.","authors":"L E Cummings","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Commercial, public foodservices are experiencing an increasing demand for menu selections consumers see as healthful. Demographic, economic and lifestyle forces are resulting in a growing proportion of individuals and families who eat away from home more frequently. Many are seeking prudent food choices not only at home, but also in foodservice operations. To them, nutrition represents one controllable lifestyle element which can influence their personal health. Weight control and preventive nutrition are the nutrition-related objectives of most consumers interested in foodservice nutrition. They look to dietary guidelines, both those which are specific to their particular health concerns, (e.g. weight control), and those intended as eating-style changes to reduce the risk of such diet-related conditions and diseases as obesity, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, diabetes and certain forms of cancer. Focusing on these health objectives, interested foodservice operators should offer items which allow consumers to avoid certain foods and food preparation methods which add up to too much of the following: total calories; fat; refined carbohydrates; cholesterol; sodium; and certain controversial substances, (e.g., caffeine). They seek to replace some of the 'avoid' items with a variety of choices of minimally-processed plant foods, and with less-fatty animal foods. Employee education to support menuing nutrition should begin with the development of an awareness of specific target market health concerns. Employees can then be made familiar with methods to translate these dietary wants and needs into appealing, well-tuned products and service elements. The success of nutrition program elements relies heavily on this understanding by employees in their roles from recipe development to table service.","PeriodicalId":79573,"journal":{"name":"Catering & health","volume":"1 1","pages":"51-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21160575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The occurrence of salmonellae in kitchens of care institutions. 护理机构厨房中沙门氏菌的发生。

Catering & health Pub Date : 1988-01-01

H J Beckers, A Angulo

{"title":"The occurrence of salmonellae in kitchens of care institutions.","authors":"H J Beckers, A Angulo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Sporadic cases of salmonellosis always by the same serotypes occurred in two different care institutions. In the first institution the cases had been caused by S. binza and S. eimsbuettel, in the second by S. mons and S. braenderup. The cases of salmonellosis prompted studies into the occurrence of these Salmonella serotypes in the kitchens of the relevant institutions, as well as into the occurrence of salmonellas in kitchens of care institutions in general. Using Moore's swabs the relevant Salmonella serotypes could be demonstrated in the kitchens of the institutions with sporadic cases of salmonellosis, while in kitchens of 15 other arbitrary chosen institutions Salmonella could not be detected at all. This demonstrated that the occurrence of sporadic cases of salmonellosis was related to the occurrence of salmonellas in the kitchens. Then investigations were started to establish the origin of the salmonellas. There was a mice plague in one institution. Mouse-dung was found positive for the relevant Salmonella serotype(s). Cases of salmonellas did not occur any more when the mice had been eradicated. It was concluded that the sporadic cases of salmonellosis in that institution were strongly associated with the presence of mice. In the other institution it appeared that disinfection was inadequate and that salmonellae were spread all over the kitchen environment during cleaning, leading to recontamination. After thorough disinfection and adaptation of cleaning and disinfection procedures sporadic cases of salmonellosis did not occur anymore. Results of these investigations demonstrated the important role of vermin and proper cleaning and disinfection in food hygiene. Moreover, the sporadic cases of salmonellosis came to light because gastro-enteritis was a reason for examination of faecal specimens of patients. This is not usual in many care institutions. However, in this way problems in hygiene can be traced, especially in the kitchen. For this reason it is recommended strongly to examine faecal specimens in cases of gastro-enteritis, even in sporadic cases.","PeriodicalId":79573,"journal":{"name":"Catering & health","volume":"1 1","pages":"61-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21160576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Catering for health in a Scottish Health Board. 苏格兰卫生局的保健服务。

Catering & health Pub Date : 1988-01-01

A S Anderson, M E Lean, H A Coubrough

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Hygiene--an economic factor in catering. 卫生——餐饮业的一个经济因素。

Catering & health Pub Date : 1988-01-01

P Skroder

{"title":"Hygiene--an economic factor in catering.","authors":"P Skroder","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"Both nutritional and hygienic factors contribute to the economic success of a catering operation. Customers are increasingly nutritionally health conscious and also look for cleanliness when choosing somewhere to eat. Outbreaks of food poisoning are very bad publicity. Good quality of food is important but this is not necessarily synonymous with microbiological safety. Raw materials need to be checked on receipt and there should be good communication between the purchasing and the reception staff. Correct storage prolongs quality and safety and prevents waste, which frequently becomes most apparent when the food reaches the preparation area. The cold kitchen is very vulnerable and poor quality or badly stored raw materials compound bad handling to cause a risk to the consumer and a reduced shelf life leading to wastage. Warm holding of food needs to be balanced between the requirements of microbiological safety and loss of quality from holding too long at a high temperature. The official food inspector plays an important role, not just as the enforcer of food hygiene law, but also as an impartial adviser on hygiene. Caterers and their staff need to be encouraged to see hygiene as a positive way to economic success by reducing waste and thus achieving greater productivity: it is easier for most people to become enthusiastic about profits than about microbiology. The Swedish Catering Institute has published a training package with this as its main objective.","PeriodicalId":79573,"journal":{"name":"Catering & health","volume":"1 1","pages":"7-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1988-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21158212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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