You will be diagramming the course and impact of a real world foodborne illness outbreak, choosing one of the outbreaks noted in these assignment instructions. Your diagram will be a

You will be diagramming the  course and impact of a real world foodborne illness outbreak, choosing  one of the outbreaks noted in these assignment instructions. Your  diagram will be a one page infographic that visually identifies and  explains the way the outbreak occurred, from source to victims.

In short – your infographic should be a one page document that shows graphically – using images and a few short  explanations – the way a foodborne illness was transmitted from the  source to the victim. That is – begin at the beginning. What food item  became contaminated by a pathogen and caused the illness? How did that  pathogen contaminate the food, and why/how were the victims served that  food? There are safe food preparation practices that can prevent many  foodborne illness outbreaks – what was the critical error that caused  the contaminated food item to be served and cause illness?

The infographic must include the information noted below.

Name of the foodborne illness outbreak (the illness it caused)

Cause of the outbreak (virus, bacteria, parasite, etc.) – this is the actual pathogen

The path from source to victim, including the number of victims

The CRITICAL point where the outbreak could have been prevented  must be identified. Identify if this was caused by a grower/producer,  manufacturer, restaurant error, or something else.

A precaution (if possible) that would have prevented this outbreak 

Your sources must be included, but they do not have to be  formatted in APA format – you may include links to your online sources.

You may use any of the following to create your one page infographic:  PowerPoint (one slide), MS Word (save as a .pdf to preserve your  formatting), an infographic creation site or software, such as Canva (www.canva.com  for a free account). Please note that if you use a specific software  other than Microsoft or Adobe, you may be required to convert it to a  file that your instructor can open. Keep that in mind and if you have  questions about whether or not your instructor will be able to open your  file, please ask in advance.

Be sure to review the tips posted below the instructions in the  course menu, for an example of the expectations for the infographic.

You may use any of the real world outbreaks noted below for this infographic. If you wish to use a different outbreak that is not listed below, please contact your instructor for approval.  You will have to research the specific outbreak in order to find the  necessary information to complete the infographic and include all the  required information. Hint: The CDC has very good information beyond  what the web can provide for you – you must use at least two sources. https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/outbreaks/multistate-outbreaks/outbreaks-list.html

The sources must be reliable, academic resources. For tips on finding  academic resources, please visit the student academic resource center  in the library. https://www.apus.edu/apus-library/online-research/search/getting-started.html

Choices for outbreak cases for the infographic:

Salmonella Newport outbreak – October 2020 – U.S. and Canada

Salmonella Enteritidis – August to October 2020 – across the U.S. (fruit)

Salmonella Enteritidis- February through June 2021 – multiple U.S. states

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli – Fall, 2020 – multiple U.S. states

e. Coli – May 2021 – Washington State, Arizona

Botulism – 2017 – California