ASSIGNMENT Carefully read the food poisoning breaking news and answer the following questions. CASE 1: 8/11/2023 – A birthday party celebration ended with a tragedy when 15 children (between 3 to 10 years old) were rushed to the hospitals between 7 pm to 11 pm last night, after experiencing severe vomiting. Among those children, two children aged 3.5 years old and 5 years old, have reportedly died several hours after being admitted to the emergency care unit. Another six children (3 to 5 years old) are still receiving intensive medical treatment. The rest of the sick children have recovered and returned home. Foods served in the occasion were the last meal consumed by those affected children. The host have confirmed that fried noodles, fried rice, French fries, tuna sandwich, chicken nuggets, potato salad, chocolate cake, and caramel pudding were home-prepared and served during the occasion. Although the confirmed cause of food poisoning is still under investigation, unaffected children have reported that they did not consume fried rice, tuna sandwich, chicken nuggets, and potato salad, as they were late comers. Five adults were experiencing mild symptoms, such as vomiting, nausea and abdominal pain, but none of them required any medical treatments. All affected adults have confirmed that they have consumed both potato salad and fried rice. The rest of the adults did not experience any discomfort after attending the birthday party, which was hosted in a local botanical garden around 11 am to 2 pm yesterday. __________________________________________________________________________________________ CASE 2: 13/9/2023 – Five individuals (between 16 to 67 years old) have been admitted to the hospital due to gastrointestinal illnesses. These patients were among 700 guests of a wedding reception that was held in a local community hall on 11/9/2023. As of this morning, a 58-years old woman and a 67-years old man are undergoing intensive medical treatment. The remaining patients are still recovering from the food poisoning symptoms. Other than hospitalized guests, nearly half of the guests have complained to the family members of the bride that they experienced some sort of food poisoning symptoms including dizziness, nausea, and diarrhea. Affected guests have confirmed that they consumed satay (chicken skewer), roasted lamb, beef curry, and assorted fresh-cut fruits. However, they did not notice any off-flavor or off-odor upon consumption of foods. The investigation is still ongoing to identify the food source and etiologic agent that is most likely responsible for the food poisoning. For each case: 1. Identify one food that most likely has caused food poisoning. (1 mark) 2. State one etiologic agent that most likely responsible for the food poisoning. (2 mark) 3. Based on answers for Q1 and Q2, elaborate how do you reach the conclusion. (3 mark) 4. Propose two preventive measures to reduce the probability of similar food poisoning cases in the future (4 mark)

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