Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Pals, curb yourselves to kingdom Plantae

There's a recent outbreak of Listeria in Ontaria and over a dozen deaths are distributed mainly in Toronto and Quebec. If you wiki Listeria, because I honestly don't know what it is except it's a bacterial infection, it says Listeria is the name of bacteria that causes listeriosis which spreads through contaminated meat products and marks down your immune system. Syndrome include gastro and neural infection. It has an incubation period up to a month (or 90 days from somewhere I read). If you're feeling nauseated, dizzy or spotting diarrhea recently, be aware!

You'd need to watch out for meat products, especially prepared meat produced by Maple Leaf (Canada's largest food producer) where the outbreak was first reported. Here's a list of recalled products on the food inspection site.

I bought a packet of Schneiders beef sausage last night...and microwaved it for a minute on high. I'll heat if for one more minute next time just to be safe...

Safest yet, turn your diet to the green.

This's what you'll find... a lot of boring looking rods

2 comments:

YayADuCK said...

i heard that... and i'm working in a hospital... do you know if the disease is like SARS?

Z said...

Hmm, I guess bacterial infection's very different from SARS (viral). As long as you stay away from infected meat it's ok.