Exam 3: Chapter 13 Flashcards
Name the primary causes of food-borne illness.
raw meat cross contamination,
undercooking,
inappropriate containing of food,
inadequate cleaning
Explain why contaminated food does not cause illness in everyone who eats it.
“The threshold effect”
Pathogens can be eliminated by the body– up to a certain point.
You need to consume enough germs for them to affect you.
Identify individuals who are at greater risk of becoming ill from contaminated food.
Infants and children
Elderly
Those with a compromised immune system
Discuss the roles of federal agencies responsible for the safety of the food supply.
Estabish standards and regulations for safe food and water handling.
Food Labeling.
Use of additives, packaging materials, use of chemicals.
Inspect food processing and storage.
Monitor domestic and imported foods.
Investigate outbreaks of food-borne illness.
Identify the role of the FDA, USDA, CDC, EPA, and local or state agencies in maintaining safe food supply.
FDA - inspects processing plants of red meat, poultry, and eggs.
USDA - Enforces standards of quality of red meat, poultry, and egg products.
CDC - investigates incidence and causes of food borne diseases
EPA - regulates pesticide levels and water quality standards
Define HACCP.
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
A food safety system that focuses on identifying and preventing hazards that could cause food-borne illnesses.
Distinguish food-borne infection from food-borne intoxication.
Food borne infection - Any food borne illness that is caused by pathogens that multiply in the body.
Food borne contamination - Any food borne illness caused by toxins produced by a pathogen.
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
Occurs in the very young and very old from the affect of an contraction of e-coli.
CAN CAUSE KIDNEY FAILURE!!!
List the best environment for bacteria to grow.
Warm [40-140 oF] moisture high protein non acidic time
Explain how viruses and parasites can make people sick.
Viruses hijack the hosts metabolic cell production machinery and use it multiply.
Parasites suck out peoples juices and nutrients.
Define ‘prion’ and distinguish between bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
Proteins in the brain.
Bovine Spongiform - [Mad Cow] Develops from retard prions that convert normal prions to become retarded and accumulated within the brain.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - [Human form of Mad Cow Disease]
Both cause mood swings, altered motor coordination, and eventually death.
Describe how careful food handling can prevent food-borne illness. (including the 4-Cs).
1. Chill/heat
keep cold foods cool and hot foods hot
2. Cook foods thoroughly
3. Contain
separate raw meat, poultry, fish
from other foods.
4. Clean everythingIllustrate how contaminates move through the food chain and into our foods.
contaminated water –> grass –> cow —> human
Define GRAS
“Generally Recognized As Safe”
Additives that are recognized by the FDA as safe for consumption.
t or f?
Organic foods are nutritionally superior to conventionally grown foods.
False They are not
