Microbiology: A Systems Approach 4th Edition by Marjorie Kelly Cowan

Exercise 43

Critical thinking is the ability to reason and solve problems using facts and concepts. These questions can be approached from a number of angles and, in most cases, they do not have a single correct answer.
A) Summarize the characteristics that differentiate food poisoning from other gastrointestinal diseases.
B) Conduct additional research and discuss at least two new methods for detecting or eliminating microbial contaminants in the global food supply today.