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4. Page 4B/The Battalion/Wednesday, August 24 1983 Spoiled food not always spotted Use care when handling food by Rose Delano Battalion Reporter A Texas A&M microbiology lab instructor says people should pay more attention to the way food is handled in order to avoid spoilage or illness that could re sult from eating the spoiled food. “People have the common misunderstanding that they can spot rotton food,” says Gary Acuff, lab instructor in food sci ence. “It’s the ones you can’t see BODY WORKS ATTENTION ALL AGGIES! Ingredients For A Successful Semester Easy Profs Cheap Books Late Classes Awesome Blind Dates THE BEST AEROBIC WORKOUT COLLEGE STATION HAS TO OFFER FOR ONLY $25!! Back-to-School Special $ 25 for 1 month Unlimited Exercise Classes ^Special Rate Good Only Through Sept. 3rd. *First Class is Free. Parkway Circle College Station THE BODY WORKS SW Parkway & Texas Ave. 696-3555 or can’t smell that cause you harm.” Foods that show signs of spoil age usually are thrown out, but foods with harmful pathogens aren’t because they don’t show physical signs of spoilage. Acuff said people should be more careful not to expose food to unsuitable temperatures and should try to avoid cross con tamination. He said it’s a common mis conception that mayonnaise will cause sandwiches to spoil faster. “Mayonnaise is probably the reason I’m still here,” he said. “In first grade, my mother used to send me to school with a bologna sandwich with mayon naise. Depending on how much meat you have, the mayonnaise, which is acid, usually preserves it well.” He said food should not be left at room temperature too long because it’s an ideal incuba tion atmosphere for bacteria. Slow cooking in ovens also causes bacterial growth, he said. “You have to give it time to grow,” Acuff said. “I have seen ovens with a timer you set. You have to set the stuff in there a long time before it actually starts cooking.” He said the problem with such slow cooking is that the food never reachs temperatures high enough to kill the bacteria before it starts to produce a heat stable toxin. After the toxin is produced, you could cook it forever and not get rid of the toxin, he said. Slow cookers, however, usual ly work well because they start off at a higher temperature, he said. “You have to have your cir cumstances to find your prob lem,” he said. “A big problem is cross con tamination. nngs “People have the com mon misunderstanding that they can spot rotton food. It’s the ones you can’t see or can’t smell that cause you harm.“ tic in a kitchen and no one wants to either. Good hygiene in the kitchen helps thir mensely.” Poultry should be handled very carefully, he said. Sal monella, which causes severe diarrhea, is common to poultry and eggs. Poultry should be cooked thoroughly and eggs should never be eaten raw, he said. U. Thousam their lives e ^lestrian o >ns. S,.,;, Thousand sy / and thousan n tire rub' Unpasteurized milk also has been the cause of many food borne illnesses, he said. “Milk has gotten to be a big deal,” he said. “People still think they have got to be natural and drink raw milk.” “When I grew up, I always was taught by my mother that when working in the kitchen I should wash my hands before handling the meat so as not to get it dirty. It wasn’t until I started thinking about this stuff that I realized that you should handle the meat and then wash your hands so you don’t carry anything from the raw meat to the cooked product.” Staphylococcal food poison ing is the most common re ported food borne illness in the United States. Staphylococcus aureaus bacteria can easily be transmitted to food by excessive handling or even a sneeze. “You should try to handle food as little as possible,” Acuff said. “I know it’s hard to be acep- Among other problems caus ing food borne illness, improper home canning accounts for many food poisoning cases, he said. “This business of canning without pressure is dangerous,” he said. Many cases of food poisoning go unreported. Many people don’t think they have an illness that is caused by food, he said. Many cases of the flu are be lieved to be cases of foodborne illness, but tests must be taken to determine this, he said. Acuff, who does graduate work under the direction of Dr. Carl Vanderzant, said with some kinds of food poisoning, symp toms will start to appear withing hours after the contaminated food is eaten while others take up to a month. 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