BACTERIA Flashcards
How is Staphalaccocus Aurius transmitted?
Through human droplet infection
What type of microbe is Clostridium Botulinum?
An Anerobic microbe
Who is most at risk of Listeria?
Pregnant women aswell as the elderly and young.
Which is currently most popular form of food poisoning in the UK?
Camplyobacter
Where is Salmonella most commonly found?
In Poultry
Why shouldn’t you wash chicken?
Because of Campylobacter
What are most chicken now vaccinated against?
- salmonella
* campylobacter
How might you get infected by Clostridium Botulinum?
Dented cans
What might you get if your food comes in contact with faeces?
E.Coli
What might you be at risk of getting if you eat unpasteurised dairy products?
Listeria
What might you get if you don’t reheated or cooked properly?
Clostridium Prefringens
Name the 7 different types of bacteria.
- Staphaloccocus Aurius
- Salmonella
- Listeria
- E.Coli
- Campylobacter
- Clostridium Botulinum
- Clostridium Prefringens
What are the 2 pain sources of Salmonella?
- poultry
* eggs
What are the 2 main sources of E.coli?
- Raw meat & poultry
* water
What are the 2 main causes of Campylobacter?
- Raw meat
* Animal contamination
What are the 2 main sources of Listeria?
- Unpasteurised dairy products
* Cook chill products
What are the SOURCES OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA?
- Animals
- Pests
- People
- Air & Dust
- Soil
- Food waste
- Water
State the vulnerable groups of people at risk of food poisoning?
- Pregnant
- Young
- Old
- Sick
- Weakened immunity
What is responsible for the INCIDENCE & PATTERNS OF FOOD POISONING?
- Increased awareness of food poisoning
- Changing shopping habits
- Increased consumption of cook-chill foods
- Hot weather & BBQ food
- Eating outside the home more often
- More foreign travel
- Globalisation of the food market
- Advances in science
- New strains of micro-organisms
