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strychnine
strychnine , bitter alkaloid drug derived from the seeds of a tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, native to Sri Lanka, Australia, and India. It has been used as a rat poison for five centuries, and rat biscuits still remain a cause of accidental poisoning in humans. Strychnine is a potent stimulant of the... Read more |
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Clostridium
Clostridium (klo-strid-iŭm) n. a genus of mostly Gram-positive anaerobic spore-forming rodlike bacteria commonly found in soil and in the intestinal tract of humans and animals. C. botulinum a species that grows freely in badly preserved canned foods, producing a toxin causing serious food... Read more |
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chyme
chyme , semiliquid substance found in the stomach and resulting from the partial digestion of food by the salivary enzyme amylase, the gastric enzyme pepsin, and hydrochloric acid. Secretion of hydrochloric acid by the stomach makes the chyme strongly acidic. The rhythmic muscular action of the... Read more |
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nicotine
nicotine C 10 H 14 N 2 , poisonous, pale yellow, oily liquid alkaloid with a pungent odor and an acrid taste. It turns brown on exposure to air. Nicotine, a naturally occurring constituent of tobacco, is the active ingredient in tobacco smoke. The amount of nicotine in tobacco leaves ranges from... Read more |
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Inspection
INSPECTION INSPECTION. Among the many systems that assure food safety, inspection is one of the most critical and difficult. As the global trade of food increased over time, veterinary experts of the Organization International des Epizooties (OIE) addressed the scientific challenge of confining... Read more |
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staphylococcus
staphylococcus , any of the pathogenic bacteria , parasitic to humans, that belong to the genus Staphylococcus. The spherical bacterial cells (cocci) typically occur in irregular clusters [Gr. staphyle =bunch of grapes]. The term staphylococcus is also sometimes used loosely for the cluster... Read more |
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Enhancement
ENHANCEMENT Increase in value; improvement. Enhancement is generally used to mean an increase in the market value of property that is the result of an improvement. The enhancement of a criminal penalty means the increase of punishment, such as by increasing a jail sentence. This type of... Read more |
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digitalis
digitalis , any of several chemically similar drugs used primarily to increase the force and rate of heart contractions, especially in damaged heart muscle. The effects of the drug were known as early as 1500 BC; it was later obtained from the foxglove plant, Digitalis purpurea, and from fuchsia... Read more |
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Dropouts
DROPOUTS, SCHOOL Individuals who leave school prior to high school graduation can be defined as school dropouts. From the early 1960s into the twenty-first century, as universal secondary school attendance became the norm, such individuals were the subject of study by educators, educational... Read more |
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Scalability
SCALABILITY Most average computer users have worked with word processing software applications that allowed them to select lines or blocks of text and increase or decrease the text's type size. This action is a very basic example of scalability, whereby the size of something can be changed... Read more |
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Simple steps to avoid food poisoning this summer.
...to avoid food poisoning this summer...the start of Food Safety Week...importance of good food hygiene in the...number of cases increasing as the weather...they can do to keep themselves and...Dyce primary ... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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JAPANESE SEE DRUG AS TOOL AS FOOD POISONING SPREADS.(MAIN)
...by Japan's food poisoning outbreak, the...treatment to keep them from spreading...which has been increasing by 100 per day...suspect tainted school lunches prompted...linked to tainted school lunches, authorities...pinpoint ... |
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Loopholes allow contaminated food to go unchecked
...when told that food makers and state...are allowed to keep tests results secret. That keeps federal health...Stephen Sundlof, food safety director for the Food and Drug Administration...an elementary school. On Jan. ... |
 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Loopholes allow tainted food to go unchecked
...when told that food makers and state...are allowed to keep tests results secret. That keeps federal health...Stephen Sundlof, food safety director for the Food and Drug Administration...an elementary school. On Jan. ... |
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Moundbites
...hospitals and schools built using PFI...executive arm of the food standards agency...Scotland. Although food safety and regulation...single UK-wide food standards agency...reduced food poisoning while ... |
 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Chicago schools flunk food safety.
...government lapses and lax food handling practices...41 suspected food poisoning incidents at Chicago schools, in which at least...Health reports and school records show. None...found inside many schools, officials ... |
 "New Statesman (1996)")
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Kidney's for sale at $500 each
...furniture. In some school playgrounds, teachers...summer heat and keep food cold, but perishable food is often seen on...infection and food poisoning is high and increasing, but the shortage...corruption are ... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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A DIRTY DEAL FOR STUDENTS
...reminding readers to keep their kitchens...concern about the increasing incidence of food poisoning in school cafeterias. Food poisonings in the nation's schools are ... |
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FDA defends its handling of salmonella outbreak
...nation's food-safety system...companies to keep quiet when...Stephen Sundlof, food safety director for the Food and Drug Administration...elementary school. On Jan...of the food poisoning. That ... |
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Food safety serious U.S. health problem: ; Getting sick from eating may be...
...developed to make food safer. But...choices of foods, Americans...common gauge of food poisoning, is 34 percent...protect food, is food poisoning at...cooking them, increasing the ... |
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