Final Study Flashcards
2 major types of food-borne illness:
intoxications
infections
Microbial growth/survival:
growth: increase in #s
survival: no increase or decrease in #s
death: decrease in #s
Food-borne intoxication:
relatively acute illness associated with the consumption of pre-formed microbial toxins in food
Symptoms of Staph:
Salvation, nausea & vomiting, retching, abdominal cramps, diarrhea
When is the staph toxin produced?
50-140 degrees F
Aerobic conditions
Staph poisonings:
sliced cooked meats, cheeses, sausages, spray dried milk, chicken salad
Staph prevention:
Low temperature storage
Homogenization:
Breaks up the fat globules which are prevented from re-coalescing by the proteins
Fortification:
Remove the fat and other lipids follow(including fat soluble vitamins)
Butter-milk:
Cows raw milk separated into fat
Skim-milk:
Cows raw milk separated into liquid
Why is butter yellow?
Natural vitamin A in it
Human milk has:
more lactose, less protein, more fat than cow milk.
Caesins:
- Hold calcium and phosphate
- Clot in acid