There are more than 250 known foodborne diseases. They can be caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites. Natural and manufactured chemicals in food products also can make people sick. Some diseases are caused by toxins from the disease-causing microbe, others by the human bodyâs reactions to the microbe itself.
Patagonia's organizational structure resembles that of a functional structure, where the major functions of the firm are grouped internally. Because Patagonia is a small organization employing some 1,200 employees and is privately held, there is no need for a more complex organizational structure.
Patagonia is a sparsely populated region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile.rgentine Patagonia is for the most part a region of steppelike plains, rising in a succession of 13 abrupt terraces about 100 metres (330 feet) at a time, and covered with an enormous bed of shingle almost bare of vegetation. In the hollows of the plains are ponds or lakes of fresh and brackish water.