Generate bioaerosols derived from milk, eggs, or animal serum

Comments

Occupational asthma has been reported in the dairy industry (lactoserum), pork producer (pig albumin & gamma-globulin), tanning (casein), pharmaceutical industry (egg lysozyme), egg production (egg protein), in the laboratory (bovine serum albumin), and in a chocolate candy kitchen (lactalbumin). [Malo]

Job Task Category

Food Processing

Exposed To

Allergens

Diseases

Diseases associated with this job task:

• Asthma, occupational

Jobs

Jobs associated with this job task:

• Extruding, Forming, Pressing & Compacting Machine Operators
• Food Batchmakers
• Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
• Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders
• Molders and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
• Packaging and Filling Machine Tenders and Operators
• Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipit. & Still Machine Operators
• Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Industries

Industries associated with this job task:

• Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering
• ANIMAL PRODUCTION
• Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing
• Cheese Manufacturing
• Chicken Egg Production
• Dairy Cattle and Milk Production
• Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Product Manufacturing
• Fluid Milk Manufacturing
• FOOD MANUFACTURING
• Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing
• Meat Markets
• Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing
• Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing