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I. Case Study 1: Analyze The Situation and Answer The Guide Questions. (10pts Each)

1. A food poisoning outbreak occurred at an elementary school in Bohol, Philippines after students ate food from vendors outside the school during recess. Over 20 students died after experiencing vomiting and loss of consciousness. 2. An investigation found that a fried root crop sold by an elderly woman vendor contained a pesticide that had been mistaken for flour. The pesticide was used to kill chicken lice and caused the fatal food poisoning among the students. 3. Proper food safety practices and regulations could help prevent such tragic incidents in the future. Vendors should take care to avoid cross-contamination between food and chemicals during food preparation.

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I. Case Study 1: Analyze The Situation and Answer The Guide Questions. (10pts Each)

1. A food poisoning outbreak occurred at an elementary school in Bohol, Philippines after students ate food from vendors outside the school during recess. Over 20 students died after experiencing vomiting and loss of consciousness. 2. An investigation found that a fried root crop sold by an elderly woman vendor contained a pesticide that had been mistaken for flour. The pesticide was used to kill chicken lice and caused the fatal food poisoning among the students. 3. Proper food safety practices and regulations could help prevent such tragic incidents in the future. Vendors should take care to avoid cross-contamination between food and chemicals during food preparation.

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I. Case Study 1: Analyze the situation and answer the guide questions. (10pts each)

In a remote town of Bohol stood a small public elementary school. Outside of school are
local food vendors selling types of food that are affordable to the school children.
One morning, the recess bell rang and children eagerly ran just outside of the school
premises to buy some of their favorite food items sold outside of the school gates. This
was about 9 in the morning. At 11 in the morning some school children started vomiting
and complained about a terrible stomach ache. Immediately some of the students began to
be unconscious. At his moment, school officials asked helped from the local government.
These prompted local government officials to bring many of the elementary students to a
nearby hospital.
At about 2pm more than 20 of the students had died. A national inquiry had been made
by the government. The investigators found out that a local delicacy sold by an old lady
is the cause of the fatal food poisoning. According to investigators, many of the casualties
bought a fried root crop sold by the lady. Immediately, they inspected the house of the
lady. They found out the root crop is harvested behind the house of the lady, that is not
the cause of the illness. However, further test of suspected food item revealed a presence
of pesticide used to kill chicken lice. This is a white powdery substance that could easily
be mistaken as flour. At the house of the old lady, indeed, investigator found out the
pesticide.
Guide Questions
1. In your own opinion, what do you think had caused the fatalities of the young children?

2. If you are the parent or teacher of the children, how could you avoid such incident?
3. Based on what you have learned from the chapter, how could you avoid such incident
from happening?

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