Question

Critical Thinking Question (5 pts.) (You may use the back of the page to write your answer if needed) Today, you learned how various bacterial can cause us to get sick. Here is a situation for you. Try to figure out, what is the bacterial species at fault here and explain, how it made its victims sick. Toby is a 16 year-old, pimple-faced boy, who has been working after school at a local pizzeria trying to make a little money for his new guitar. 2 days ago, Toby was working in the kitchen, shredding pounds and pounds of cheese for pizza. The cheese was used to prepare pizzas for many customers. Today, the pizzeria got many phone calls with complaints from customers experiencing nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, blaming their symptoms on the pizza they ate yesterday. Explain, what could have happened here. Which bacteria do you think, caused these symptoms, how, and why?

Answer 1

I think the people may effected with food poisonig due to the excess amount of cheese which are used in making pizza.dairy products like cheese a have a certain shelp life.if it is used after the period it may have toxic effects as harmeful bacteria grows and produce toxins in it.when people eat cottage cheese which is contaminated with infectious organism ,people get infection in digestive tract and adverse effects starts on body.i think this symptoms are due to the bacteria from strptococcus family which are already present in the cheese.