Other Important of Food InfectionsTuberculosis (caused by Corynebacterium tuberculosis) and brucellosis (caused by Brucella melitensis and also known as undulant fever) are disease that in the past were transmitted through milk but have been controlled in recent years by heat pasteurization of milk and the testing of dairy herds, which eliminated infected animals.
The ingestion of foods may be involved in infectious hepatitis when infected food handlers who careless in their personal habits are involved in preparing and/or serving food to others, or when contaminated shellfish are eaten raw or without adequate cooking.
Taenia solium (a tapeworm that may infest pork), Taenia saginata (a tapeworm sometimes found in beef), and Diphyllobothrium latum (tapeworm sometimes found in fish) all cause illness in humans, but none of these pose any hazard when foods are thoroughly cooked. Small worms of the genus Anisakis may also infected fish and cause illness in humans when the infected fish is not properly cooked.
Yersinia enterocolitica is another psychotropic organism that has been the causative foodborne pathogen in raw and pasteurized milk, and contaminated water. It is destroyed by normal pasteurization. Yersiniosis usually results in enterocolitis, characterized by diarrhea, fever and severe abdominal pain in the lower right quadrant. This illness has been incorrectly diagnosed as appendicitis and has resulted in unnecessary appendectomies. The organism is widely distributed and outbreaks have been traced to a wide variety of foods, such as milk that had contaminated chocolate syrup added to it after pasteurization and tofu that was packed in contaminated spring water.Other Important Food Infections
