... coli O157 in the central belt of Scotland on November 22nd 1996, the Secretary of State for Scotland announced in Parliament on November 28th 1996 the establishment of an expert group, “The Pennington Group”. The Chairman of this group, Professor Hugh Pennington, was leading this project with the aim to examine the outbreak and to advise on the implications for food safety and lessons of prevention for such future incidents.
With the source of primary data, the original Pennington Report, the author is summarising the report itself, looking at the effects of the media and investigating the implications of the outbreak for a future catering manager.
Synopsis of the outbreak which lead to the production of the Pennington Report:
The first signs of an outbreak of food poisoning by infection with E. ...
However, the report does not give any information of the result of the criminal trial against J. Barr and son as the trial was still commencing at the publishing date of the Pennington Report. ...
The Pennington Group recognised the importance of publishing the Pennington Report in order to arise the awareness of the public to apply food safety. The report is the response to let the public know that food safety precautions have to be applied to prevent future incidents such as the one on November 22nd in Scotland. The task of the report is also focused on public health considerations towards the handling of potential and actual outbreaks of food poisoning. The report also includes recommendations in helping to reduce the incidents of infection not only with E. ... coli O157 food poisoning outbreak of November 22nd by the media relating to the Pennington Report. ...
Going back to the general media response, the media took the chance to supply the readers with medical and health concerning information about bacteria causing food poisoning which was mainly backed up by the case-related Pennington Report. ... ”
The author understood that the Pennington Report was the start-off point, which lead to major media response. ...
The Implications of the outbreak for a future catering manager:
Generally the Pennington Report gave catering managers an implication and lesson for managing food safety and operating in the most hygienic way.
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