Food Borne Illnesses

Introduction

You are the restaurant manager for a local restaurant called Thai Tanic. There has been a recent outbreak of food borne illness in your area. These outbreaks have been the result of poor food handling practices and the appearance of various microorganisms in the food supply. Your neighbors have been getting ill and even your grandmother has had food poisoning. As a result, your restaurant’s profitability is suffering since fewer people are willing to go out to eat due to their fears of getting sick. Your business was already struggling before this outbreak, and any more loss of profit could result in layoffs of wait staff or possibly closing the restaurant. Something must be done to ensure the safety of your customers….soon.

Task

Watch the following video to learn the importance of safe food handling. If you are unable to view it here, go to the moodle and watch it there.

 

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqFPFsJo9zA width:520 height:390]

 

In teams of three, you will be assigned one of seven major food borne illnesses that are a threat to the public. Your task is to learn about your specific illness from the websites provided and create an informative presentation for the employees of your restaurant. This presentation may take any of the following digital formats:

  • Podcast using programs such as Audacity,  which is a free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. It has a large range of keyboard shortcuts for creating and editing sounds.
  • Webpage - WordPress, Weebly, 
  • Prezi - a presentation tool that can be used as an alternative to traditional slide making programs such as PowerPoint. Instead of slides, Prezi makes use of one large canvas that allows you to pan and zoom to various parts of the canvas and emphasize the ideas presented there.
  • PowerPoint Presentation
  • Animoto - Everything you need to turn ordinary photos and video clips into rich videos within minutes.
  • Blabberize - a photo editing tool that creates talking animations from a photo or other image.
  • Popplet - create graphic organizers, timelines, and many other forms of visual organization
  • PowToon - Create animated videos or presentations of your topic
  • Any additional method of presentation must be cleared with your teacher ahead of time

 

Your presentation must be able to be played for students without you getting in front of the class and must include the following:

  • Name of the disease
  • Picture of the bacteria
  • What are the sources, how it is contracted
  • The incubation period
  • Symptoms & how it affects the body (short and long term)
  • Ways to prevent it
  • Treatment and any possible long term effects
  • Provide one real life example of what has happened in the past when the public or other restaurants had a similar outbreak of your assigned illness. You must provide the following information on this case study: who, what, where, when and why.

 

Process

 

Process:

 

  1. Obtain your assigned bacteria from the teacher
  2. Divide up your research so that all three group members have a job to do:

                   a.   Person 1

  • Name of the disease
  • What are the sources (i.e. where does it come from? Water? Animals? etc.)
  • Provide one real-life example of what has happened in the past when the public or other restaurants had a similar outbreak of your assigned illness. You must provide the following information on this case study: who, what, where, when and why and it should be a case that has occurred within the last 5 years.

                   b.   Person 2

  • How it is contracted (i.e. how do people get it, can it be spread?, etc.)
  • Symptoms & how it affects the body (only short term)
  • Incubation Period (How long does it take from the time you come into contact with the virus for you to exhibit symptoms?)

                  c.   Person 3

  • Ways to prevent it
  • Treatment options
  • Any possible long-term effects/complications

 

3. Go to the recommended websites. There is more information than you will need, so you must read carefully to find the important facts. The second recommended website has a "case in point", or real-life scenario. Include a summary of that in your presentation.

4. Use the information to design and create your product (Prezi, website (Weebly), Animoto, PowerPoint, etc.)

5. The product should be eye-catching, neat, and colorful since they will be viewed by all employees of the restaurant.

6. Everyone in the group must participate in the process.

 

 Presentation:

  • Present to your "employees" your foodborne illness informational “product” (i.e. Prezi, Animoto, etc) in a digital format that can be viewed online.

THINK ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE CLASSES - WHAT MAKES THEM FUN AND ENJOYABLE - WHAT CAN YOU DO SO THAT YOU GET YOUR EMPLOYEES ATTENTION AND HAVE THEM LEARN AT THE SAME TIME! BE CREATIVE!!!!!

 

Food Bacteria Research Sites:



Botulism

1. https://www.cdc.gov/botulism/

2. http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthfiles/hfile22.stm

3. http://www.foodsafetynews.com/sections/foodborne-illness-outbreaks/ 

4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2094941/





Campylobacter

1. https://www.cdc.gov/campylobacter/

2. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs255/en/

3. http://www.foodsafetynews.com/tag/campylobacter-outbreak/#.VjjBE9KrTIU

 



Clostridium Perfringens

1. http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/diseases/clostridium-perfringens.html

2. http://www.foodsafety.gov/poisoning/causes/bacteriaviruses/cperfringens/

3. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1304326&blobtype=pdf

 



E. (Escherichia) Coli

1. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/fs-sa/fs-fi/ecoli-eng.php

2. http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/

3. http://www.foodincanada.com/food-business/canadian-team-develops-new-e-coli-test-110731

4. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/pork-products-at-2-calgary-retailers-now-part-of-alberta-e-coli-recall-1.2760197

5. http://www.foodsafetynews.com/search/?q=e-coli#.VjjGo9KrTIU

 



Giardia

1. https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/giardia/index.html

2. http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/publications/disease/giardiasis.aspx

3. https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/3270860-jordan-pool-reopened-after-giardia-outbreak/



Listeria

1. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/fs-sa/fs-fi/listerios-eng.php

2. https://about-listeria.com/

3. https://about-listeria.com/listeria_outbreaks

3. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2722928/10-feared-dead-Denmark-listeria-outbreak.html



 

Salmonella

1. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/fs-sa/fs-fi/salmonella-eng.php

2. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/salmonella/basics/symptoms/con-20029017

3. hhttps://about-salmonella.com/

4. https://about-salmonella.com/salmonella_outbreaks

5. http://globalnews.ca/news/1392848/34-sick-in-canada-following-salmonella-outbreak-linked-to-chia-seeds/

 

Cryptosporidium

1. http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/crypto/

2. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cryptosporidium/basics/definition/con-20030375

3. http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/stomach-parasite-emerges-in-indigenous-communities-in-far-north-1.2878669 

4. http://www.hivwebstudy.org/cases/ois-treatment/31-year-old-woman-aids-and-cryptosporidiosis 

5. http://www.jsonline.com/news/health/four-new-cases-of-crytosporidium-confirmed-b99111026z1-226013821.html

Evaluation

Evaluation

FOOD BORNE ILLNESS

PRESENTATION PROJECT

 

CRITERIA

EXCELLENT

5 points

WELL DONE

3 points

COULD USE IMPROVEMENT

1 point

Information Given

 

Accurate data and information, definition, causes, prevention described. (out of 10)

Most information was relevant & accurate, missing some components of definition, causes, prevention.

Lacking information and errors in accuracy, missing key components.

Communication and creativity

 

Proper body language displayed; interesting, excellent voice projection; held audience attention and used eye contact.

 

OR Format used for presentation was engaging and interesting.

General understanding of topic evident, held audience attention some of the time during presentation, good voice projection, minimum eye contact.

OR Format used for presentation was somewhat engaging and interesting.

Failed to communicate effectively, difficult to understand, could not pronounce words, failed to hold audience attention, no eye contact.

OR Format used for presentation was not that engaging and interesting.

Resources

 

All resources listed on reference page.

Most resources listed on reference page.

References listed  incorrectly.

Organization

 

Well organized and displayed clarity. Visually pleasing.

Somewhat organized and neat and some sense of clarity.

Disorganized with random display, message unclear.

Elements of Design:

easy to read pleasing display

Professional Presentation, font and graphics easy to read, pleasing to the eye, animation kept to minimum.

Presentation neat appearance with some graphics, colors used ok, overuse of animation.

Presentation lacking professional appearance, difficulty in viewing, no graphics used.

Format:

grammar, punctuation, photos; graphs

 

No major errors with spelling, grammar or punctuation; evidence project was edited before presentation.

Some spelling and grammar errors but overall did not interfere with presentation, good presentation.

Numerous errors, presentation appears thrown together quickly.

Teamwork

 

Group members worked well together; contributed to project; stayed on task.

Some of team members worked well together and contributed to project.  Remained on task most of the time.

Team members displayed some difficulty in working together.  Did not remain on task well and did not use class time wisely.

BONUS POINTS

Evident that group went above expectation with research, teamwork, display and presentation. +5 points

 

 

Conclusion

First of all, give yourself and your group members a HUGE pat on the back for all of your hard work!

Your restaurant is now much more prepared to meet the challenges of preventing food borne illness. Community members have gotten word of your efforts to educate and train your employees and are showing their appreciation by coming to your restaurant in droves. The local paper has contacted you and would like to run a story about what you are doing. This will be more much-needed publicity and business to add to your bottom line.

You are the first line of defense when it comes to preventing food borne illness, both in your restaurant and in your home. You now have the tools and the experience to make eating a more safe and enjoyable experience

 

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Credits

Credit for the creation of this webquest goes to:

http://mms-fcs8williams.wikispaces.com/Food+Borne+Illness+WebQuest

  • Centers for Disease Control
  • Food and Drug Administration
  • Family & Consumer Sciences WebQuests