Bacteria will Win... If not Inactivated!

I am half way done with classes for today. I had my two food science lectures this morning and I have a discussion later this afternoon. The wind is blowing hard today out of the north west, making my ride to school and little easier and the ride back was cold and uphill, or at least that is how it felt. My lectures covered information about milk proteins and ice cream production while the other covered food safety issues. Both were very interesting.
Did you know the biggest threat to us as consumers is microbial contamination of our food and the factor with the lowest threat is food additives? Statistically the average person considers food additives and pesticide residue to be the most significant food based threats to their health when in fact they carry the least risk of causing health problems. Microbial contamination was the factor people thought to be the least threat to their health when in fact it is the greatest. The moral of the story is proper disinfecting techniques must be combined with adequate heat to kill off microbial contaminates in ones food and prevent cross contamination.