Bacteria And Food Saftey

Question 1

Where can you find Salmonella

Answer 1

Raw meat poultry and eggs

Milk and dairy products

Question 2

What are the symptoms of salmonella

Answer 2

Fever 
Headache 
Vomiting 
Diarrhoea
Abdominal pain

Question 3

How can you destroy salmonella

Answer 3

Heat

Question 4

Where do you find listeria

Answer 4

Pasteurised milk 
Raw milk 
Cheese and other dairy products 
Raw veg meat fish and poultry 
Cooked poultry 
Smoked fish

Question 5

What are the symptoms of listeria

Answer 5

Starts like a flu, nausea vomiting diarrhoea
Abortion and still births
Meningitis

Question 6

How can you destroy listeria

Answer 6

Cooking at 91 degrees and above

Question 7

Where do you find staphylococcus aureus

Answer 7

Found in your mouth and hair and can be passed on to foods

Question 8

What are the symptoms of staphylococcus aureus

Answer 8

Vomiting
Diarrhoea
Abdominal pain

Question 9

How do you destroy staphylococcus aureus

Answer 9

Boiling food for 30 minuets

Or by taking basic food hygiene precautions e.g washing hands

Question 10

Where do you find E-coli

Answer 10

Sewage
Soft cheese
Minced beef
Chicken

Question 11

What are the symptoms of E-coli

Answer 11

Diarrhoea
Abdominal pain
Nausea

Question 12

How do you destroy E-coli

Answer 12

Heating food to 55 degrees and over

Question 13

Where do you find campylobacter

Answer 13

Meat and poultry
Raw milk
untreated water

Question 14

Symptoms of campylobacter

Answer 14

Flu like symptoms
Diarrhoea
Headache
Abdominal pain

Question 15

How to destroy campylobacter

Answer 15

Heat above 60 degrees

Question 16

Where do you find bacillus cereus

Answer 16

Rice
Cereal products
Starchy foods

Question 17

Symptoms of bacillus cereus

Answer 17

Abdominal pain
Vomiting
Nausea
Death

Question 18

How to kill bacillus cereus

Answer 18

Heat above 126 degrees for 90 minutes

Question 19

What are the guidelines in the food safety act 1990

Answer 19

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

Question 20

What is the food hygiene regulations act 1995

Answer 20

They set out basic food standards across Europe

Affect everything from the farm to the shop

Question 21

Who are the EHO’s

Answer 21

Environmental health officer
Protect the public’s health
Enforce laws on food hygiene and safety

Question 22

By law what must be labelled on a food packet

Answer 22

Use by date 
Manufacture name and address 
Storage instructions 
Ingredients
Weight 
Usage instructions 
Product name 
Nutritional information