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Salmonella contamination is an ongoing problem for food production in the United States
and around the entire globe. Over the past decade we have watched recalls of product ranging
from pot pies to peanut butter, all with confirmed cases of Salmonella contamination. It has been
reported that 1.4 million cases of Salmonella poisoning are reported each year in the US alone
(Learch, Sakamoto, Ling, & Donovan, 2009, p. 1). Since there are several avenues where
Salmonella can be introduced into the product where I work it is my job to find, isolate and
eliminate all avenues that are possible threats to our product. Since my start at the company there
have been 17 incidents involving this contaminant, it has become my sole job to reduce this
number to within the company’s specified parameters of zero incidents per year.
When dealing with something so sporadic the best defense is sometimes a great offense,
by this I mean attacking this problem without proper knowledge of what it is will not work. By
investigating where Salmonella comes from and how it is passed from place to place can give us
an idea of what to look for. In this case, Salmonella can be transported by cockroaches, mice, rats
and other insects (Snow, 2010, p. 1) to all areas, making it almost impossible to track down the
beginning of the contamination. So now that we know where it can come from we need to
identify where these culprits are hiding, living and traveling. Locating common routes and living
areas is a perfect start for locating and isolating the problem. Information on where insects, rats
or mice tend to spend their time can be found in our company data bases, the company has been
around for nearly 20 years and everything that happens is logged into these data bases.
Now that we have the information the next step is to evaluate that information and come
up with a positive plan for reducing the activities of these intruders. First thing that is needed is
to find all past occurrences of Salmonella at the plant, cross reference those with the areas that

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Running head: RESEARCH STRATEGY PAPER Research Strategy Paper Student Name University of Phoenix Research Strategy Paper Salmonella contamination is an ongoing problem for food production in the United States and around the entire globe. Over the past decade we have watched recalls of product ranging from pot pies to peanut butter, all with confirmed cases of Salmonella contamination. It has been reported that 1.4 million cases of Salmonella poisoning are reported each year in the US alone (Learch, Sakamoto, Ling, & Donovan, 2009, p. 1). Since there are several avenues where Salmonella can be introduced into the product where I work it is my job to find, isolate and eliminate all avenues that are possible threats to our product. Since my start at the company there have been 17 incidents involving this contaminant, it has become my sole job to reduce this number to within the company's specified parameters of zero incidents per year. When dealing with something so sporadic the best defense is sometimes a great offense, by this I mean attacking this problem without proper knowledge of what it is will not work. By investigating where Salmonella comes from and how it is passed from place to place can give us an idea of what to look for. In this case, Salmonella can be transported by cockroaches, mice, rats and other insects (Snow, 2010, p. 1) to all areas, making it almost impossible to track down the beginning of the contamination. So now that we know where it can ...
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