Bacteria And Food Saftey Flashcards
Where can you find Salmonella
Raw meat poultry and eggs
Milk and dairy products
What are the symptoms of salmonella
Fever Headache Vomiting Diarrhoea Abdominal pain
How can you destroy salmonella
Heat
Where do you find listeria
Pasteurised milk Raw milk Cheese and other dairy products Raw veg meat fish and poultry Cooked poultry Smoked fish
What are the symptoms of listeria
Starts like a flu, nausea vomiting diarrhoea
Abortion and still births
Meningitis
How can you destroy listeria
Cooking at 91 degrees and above
Where do you find staphylococcus aureus
Found in your mouth and hair and can be passed on to foods
What are the symptoms of staphylococcus aureus
Vomiting
Diarrhoea
Abdominal pain
How do you destroy staphylococcus aureus
Boiling food for 30 minuets
Or by taking basic food hygiene precautions e.g washing hands
Where do you find E-coli
Sewage
Soft cheese
Minced beef
Chicken
What are the symptoms of E-coli
Diarrhoea
Abdominal pain
Nausea
How do you destroy E-coli
Heating food to 55 degrees and over
Where do you find campylobacter
Meat and poultry
Raw milk
untreated water
Symptoms of campylobacter
Flu like symptoms
Diarrhoea
Headache
Abdominal pain
How to destroy campylobacter
Heat above 60 degrees
Where do you find bacillus cereus
Rice
Cereal products
Starchy foods
Symptoms of bacillus cereus
Abdominal pain
Vomiting
Nausea
Death
How to kill bacillus cereus
Heat above 126 degrees for 90 minutes
What are the guidelines in the food safety act 1990
Don’t add/ remove anything that might be damaging to a persons health
Ensure food is of the nature substance and quality demanded by the costumer
Food isn’t advertised/ labelled a misleading way
What is the food hygiene regulations act 1995
They set out basic food standards across Europe
Affect everything from the farm to the shop
Who are the EHO’s
Environmental health officer
Protect the public’s health
Enforce laws on food hygiene and safety
By law what must be labelled on a food packet
Use by date Manufacture name and address Storage instructions Ingredients Weight Usage instructions Product name Nutritional information
