English B1A CLASS PACK - Bakersfield College

Fast Food Nation p. 195-97; 199-207GROUP 1 p. 196-197What explains the increase in food borne illness? Why doesn’t the government have thepower to recall tainted meat? How does meat become contaminated by food bornepathogens?GROUP 2 p. 199-201What causes HUS? What symptoms does HUS cause?How does a person become infected with E. coli O157:H7? What are the different waysthe disease can be spread? Where does the problem of E. coli O157:H7 contaminationbegin?GROUP 3 p. 202What causes mad cow disease? What products does the FDA still allow to be put intocattle feed?At what points during the slaughtering process is fecal matter most likely to get into themeat? Why?GROUP 4 p. 205According to Eric Schlosser, “The meatpacking industry’s response to The Jungleestablished a pattern that would be repeated throughout the twentieth century,whenever health concerns were raised about the nation’s beef.” What “pattern”?40