F&B Poisoning

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The young man was infected food at Quick with a Staphylococcus aureus. According to health authorities Quick would not respect the rules of food preservation. In addition, several employees had themselves the Staphylococcus aureus. But the young man's death which created a scandal over the franchise Quick.

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B) Chartres Kebab case

A 16 year old girl died in hospital in Chartres following a food poisoning. His death could be related to taking a meal in a kebab in town. An autopsy Wednesday afternoon on the body of the girl was determined that the victim had suffered a multi- visceral shock and that the death was due to food poisoning.

Her step- sister, who also complained of stomach pains, nausea and vomiting, was admitted to the hospital to be monitored Chartres medically . She had two meals shared in common with the victim , including one from a friend and the other in a kebab last Wednesday.

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Justice ordered the DGCCRF (Directorate General for Competition , Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control ) to go to emergency in the restaurant where the two women had eaten, to conduct an inspection. Control showed low hygiene standards and many anomalies. The facility has been closed immediately for health reasons and as a precaution , especially since it is close to a school.

Samples were made ​​in fast food , but also in the particular where the two young women had lunch , in order to compare to those found in the body of the victim.

But it was difficult to establish a checked medically and biologically between the death of the young woman and the hygiene of the restaurant link.

II) What have they lost in these cases ?

A) Economic and ethical impact for Quick

The fast food group Quick saw its sales fall by 6.24 % to € 761.2 million in 2011 in France , a decrease directly related , according to the CEO , the impact of the death of a aged 14, shortly after a meal in a fast food teaches in Avignon.

The group, which had so far refused to publish any figures on the impact in terms of attendance and activity in 2012 , confirmed information : In 2011 , the decrease is directly related to the crisis group crossed from the end of January 2011. After declining from February, sales have rebounded steadily until reaching a balance in December compared to 2010 .

With its outlets abroad ( mainly in Luxembourg and Belgium ), the Group recorded a turnover of € 982 million , down 4.6%.

That is why it is reasonable to ask how such a sign that Quick may have a failure at this level . Generally outlets called " fast food" are subject to strict controls.

B) The impact on the image of Kebab

Some vegetables, bun , served with a sauce and often chips and ... meat. Are there really any reason to doubt and be wary of the kebab ? Kebab seems so attractive it actually forget that some can be deadly.

France is the second country in the world in terms of kebab , with more than 10,000 institutions. It seems that this sandwich known since a few years upmarket rather expected consumers. What do signs that pull the market towards more quality emerge.

Sign of success and competition is necessarily feel in the middle , then the kebab experiencing upmarket , with greater transparency and new distribution systems and control.

In addition , the proposed kebabs food is often seen , sometimes by consumers themselves, as a very low calorie balanced meal , and not always reliable in terms of quality of ingredients.

This suspicion relates especially meat , usually agglomerated block ( the " pin " ) and the simple name " beef ", although this is often the calf or so " chicken" , whose appearance is often form of strips marinated and spiced meats, and generally more greasy appearance .

We also remember the case of horse meat found in burgers, and two cases in 2011, while one person succumbed as the result of food poisoning after eating a kebab at Chartres.

After the accident in Chartres the middle of kebab has lost around 23% of revenue in 2012. But under the influence of young people3. Kebab is back in fashion and deserves its place as second favorite fast food french.

Conclusion :

To conclude, we should stop food intoxication by increasing the number of controls in restaurants, in suppliers to ameliorate the quality of food. With these controls we could find solution (such as the horse crisis last year).