By: Anahi Perez, Celeste Aguilar, and

What will we talk about?

-Meat Inspection Act
-Burger King inspection
-Immigrants impact on food menus
- Working conditions in 1900s

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Working Conditions in the 1900s

-Did not wash their hands
-Rodents in factories
-Chemicals in food
-Unsanitary working Conditions
-Urinate in workplace

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair

-Truth about the workers and meat conditions.
-Told what really happened
I aimed at the publics heart, and by accident I hit them in
the stomach. -Upton Sinclair

In Result...
Meat Inspection Act
What was it?
-2 Inspections per year
-Minor or Major Regulations
-Less danger in customers health
-Food Has to be labeled

Has it gotten better?

Has it changed 100 years from now?
-No
-Incident in a McDonalds in Colorado
-Meat recall in 1997
35 Million Pounds
E. Coli

Immigration
How has it influenced food industry?
-International Menus
-Different types of ingredients
Ex: teriyaki sauce, breakfast burrito, salsa

Grades Posted Online

How has it influenced the restaurant facility?
-People post online reviews
-You either get more customers or not
- Be aware of the minor or major regulations
being broken

Our visit
Burger King @ Glenoaks and Van Nuys
-Arrived at 5:30
-Departure at 6:00
-We kept an eye in the kitchen. Employees had
gloves and hair nets on.

What we observed at Burger King?

- 2 dirty table with spilled ketchup
-Dirty floors
-Toilet leaking yellow substance
-Trash bins were clean
-Cashier touched food prior to touching money
-Worker with bandaid
-Worker coughed on his sleeve while preparing food

California Regulations
#6 Gloves shall be worn if an employee has cuts, wounds, and rashes.
#7 Employees are required to wash their hands; before engaging in
food preparation.
#26 Adequate facilities shall be provided for hand washing, food
preparation and janitorial / maintenance purposes.
#59 A food facility shall at all times be constructed and mantained so as
to prevent the enterance and harborage of vermin.

Recommendation
Its all up to the person whether they care or not
for safety issues.
We recommend to try another burger king
because this restaurant breaks major
regulations.

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