Food Hygiene pq Flashcards
Which of these documents are always checked during the official control of an establishment producing foods of plant origin?
A. Staffs general health status
B. The founding documents of the given company
C. Documents of insect and rodent control
D. Certificates of work experiences of the staff
A. Staffs general health status
C. Documents of insect and rodent control
In case of foreign odor of meat
A. Meat is unfit for consumption in every case
B. If still present after 24 hours, the meat is unfit for consumption
C. It is still possible to perform a cooking test for the decision of fitness for human consumption
D. A cooking test shall be performed for the decision of fitness for human consumption
B. If still present after 24 hours, the meat is unfit for consumption
C. It is still possible to perform a cooking test for the decision of fitness for human consumption
What is true for the food safety control system? (including meat inspection)
a. The control system shall be scientific evidence-based, risk based, process based and preventative.
b. Meat inspection is a preventative measure
c. Meat inspection is a (final) check point in the series of control measures
d. We can control everything and achieve zero risk with appropriate control measures.
A. The control system shall be scientific evidence-based, risk based, process based and preventative.
B. Meat inspection is a preventative measure
Animals showing symptoms of generalized disease
a. Cannot be slaughtered for human consumption
b. Their meat can only be fit for consumption after additional lab.examination.
c. Shall be transported back to the farm due to prohibition
d. Their meat is unfit for consumption
a. Cannot be slaughtered for human consumption
d. Their meat is unfit for consumption
Tuberculosis
a. The whole body is always unfit for consumption
b. If localized, only the affected organ or part should be declared unfit for human consumption.
c. If localized, only the affected organ or part and its associated lymph nodes should be declared unfit for human consumption
d. if suspected, diagnostic slaughter shall be performed and sample sent to laboratory exam
c. If localized, only the affected organ or part and its associated lymph nodes should be declared unfit for human consumption
d. if suspected, diagnostic slaughter shall be performed and sample sent to laboratory exam
Echinococcus granulosus
a. The animals infected cannot be slaughtered
b. The meat is fit for consumption except for the affected parts
c. The infection is zoonosis, but humans may only be infested only by eggs released by carnivores
d. The liver unfit for human consumption can only be given as feed to dogs.
b. The meat is fit for consumption except for the affected parts
c. The infection is zoonosis, but humans may only be infested only by eggs released by carnivores
Classical swine fever
a. Animals showing symptoms cannot be slaughtered
b. Animals showing symptoms shall be slaughtered immediately in closed slaughter
c. Animals showing symptoms shall be slaughtered immediately in separate slaughter.
d. Whole body is unfit for consumption
a. Animals showing symptoms cannot be slaughtered
d. Whole body is unfit for consumption
Which is TRUE about the zoonotic salmonella serotypes?
A. In most cases they do not cause a disease in slaughter animals
B. In most cases they cause septicaemia in slaughter animals
C. They can cause enteritis, even septicaemia in young animals
D. The carcasses of animals showing the signs and symptoms of salmonellosis are fit for human consumption only after heat treatment
A. In most cases they do not cause a disease in slaughter animals
C. They can cause enteritis, even septicaemia in young animals
What are the responsibilities of the council?
A. Adoption of EU regulation in the framework of co-decision procedure.
B. Preparation of legislative proposal
C. Representation of the interest of member states
D. Scientific advise
A. Adoption of EU regulation in the framework of co-decision procedure.
C. Representation of the interest of member states
What is the Administrative Assistance and Cooperation system
A. IT tool
B. Group of appointed representative of member states
C. The goal is to exchange information in relation to food fraud
D. The goal is to exchange information in unsafe food.
A. IT tool
C. The goal is to exchange information in relation to food fraud
Which lack of elements can cause mainly calcification disorders in egg? A. Ca B. Fe C. P D. Se
A. Ca
C. P
What materials can be used beside metals for canning food?
A. Thermostable plastic
B. Recycled paper
C. Glass
D. Cardboard
A. Thermostable plastic
C. Glass
What is the difference between salting and curing?
a. In case of salting, only pure sodium chloride is applied
b. Salting can only be dry salting
c. In case of curing, other additives than NaCl are also used
d. Curing can be only wet curing.
a. In case of salting, only pure sodium chloride is applied
c. In case of curing, other additives than NaCl are also used
What casing was used to stuff the peasant sausage manufactured during our practical? A. Pork intestine B. Sheep intestine C. Edible collagen casing D. Natural casing
A. Pork intestine
C. Edible collagen casing
PSE Meat
a. could be placed on the marked as of decreased value
b. if the extent is small, it could be placed on the market
c. is suitable for consumption
d. is an effect of stress
c. is suitable for consumption
d. is an effect of stress
Icterus
a. The intima of large blood vessels is yellow
b. could only be excluded with a cooking test
c. if still present after 24 hours, the meat is still fit for consumption.
d. it is always a pathological process behind, which should be taken into account during decision making.
a. The intima of large blood vessels is yellow
d. it is always a pathological process behind, which should be taken into account during decision making.
Anthrax
a. the whole body is always unfit for consumption
b. the body shall be buried immediately
c. in pigs, when only the throat is affected, the rest of the body is fit for consumption.
d. in case of suspicion, the animal cannot be slaughtered.
a. the whole body is always unfit for consumption
d. in case of suspicion, the animal cannot be slaughtered.
In case of systemic dispersal of microbes
a. the whole body is unfit for consumption
b. one symptom can be the septicaemia hemorrhages in the skin.
c. if hemorrhages are found in the lungs, the meat is unfit for consumption.
d. only in the case of pyaemia the meat is unfit for consumption
a. the whole body is unfit for consumption
b. one symptom can be the septicaemia haemorrhages in the skin.
Rabies
a. animals showing symptoms cannot be slaughtered
b. animals showing symptoms can be slaughtered in closed slaughter
c. except for the central nervous system and the biting site, the meat is fit for consumption
d. lethal zoonosis, high public health significance
a. animals showing symptoms cannot be slaughtered
d. lethal zoonosis, high public health significance
Foot and mouth disease (FMD)
a. if confirmed at the slaughterhouse, the animals shall be slaughtered separately.
b. whole body is unfit for consumption
c. the significance of the meat inspection is given its zoonotic nature
d. animals being diseased or suspected of being diseased must not be slaughtered.
b. whole body is unfit for consumption
d. animals being diseased or suspected of being diseased must not be slaughtered.
Which pathogen is NOT zoonotic?
a. Enterotoxic Escherichia coli strains
b. Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
c. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
b. Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
Which activity could be fraudulent activity?
a. Online offered food
b. Unapproved enhancement
c. Processing of horse meat
d. Document forgery
b. Unapproved enhancement
d. Document forgery
What are the responsibilities of the European Food Safety Authority?
a. Risk assessment
b. Controls of requirements relating to food safety
c. Adoption of EU regulations
d. Risk communication
a. Risk assessment
d. Risk communication
What microbes should be tested for egg products under Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005?
a. Salmonella
b. Enterobacteriaceae
c. coagulase-positive
d. Staphylococcus
e. E. coli
a. Salmonella
b. Enterobacteriaceae
What is the x axis and what is the y axis on a heat penetration graph?
a. x axis: time
b. y axis: temperature
c. x axis: temperature
d. Y axis: time
a. x axis: time
b. y axis: temperature
What are the roles of smoking?
a. Preservation
b. Color development
c. To fasten the oxidation
process.
d. To inhibit the toxin production of Clostridium botulinum
a. Preservation
b. Color development
What are the characteristics of artificial casings from animal origin?
a. Their material is usually ceratine. b. Their material is usually collagen. c. They are impermeable to smoke and moisture. d. They are digestible
b. Their material is usually
collagen.
d. They are digestible
What manufacturing steps are necessary for the appropriate general processing hygiene of food of plant origin?
A. Protection of vegetables/fruits against protection the harmful effects of the environment (moisture, dust, sunshine, insect)
B. Washing, cleaning to remove soil, weeds, stones and other foreign materials.
C. Computerised system is always needed to classify the vegetables/fruits according to the desirable colour.
D. Computerised system is always needed to classify the vegetables/fruits according to the desirable shape/size.
A. Protection of vegetables/fruits against protection the harmful effects of the environment (moisture, dust, sunshine, insect)
B. Washing, cleaning to remove soil, weeds, stones and other foreign materials.
In case of organoleptic changes of meat
A. The meat is unfit for human consumption
B. The meat shall be placed on the market as of decreased value
C. Additional laboratory examinations might be needed for deciding on fitness for human consumption.
D. Official veterinarian shall make a decision on fitness for human consumption, based on professional evidences
C. Additional laboratory examinations might be needed for deciding on fitness for human consumption.
D. Official veterinarian shall make a decision on fitness for human consumption, based on professional evidences
DFD meat
A. In case of pork meat, it is unfit for human consumption
B. Is a quality issue, meat is fit for human consumption
C. Must be placed on the market as of decreased value
D. Usually an effect of chronic stress before slaughter
B. Is a quality issue, meat is fit for human consumption
D. Usually an effect of chronic stress before slaughter
The official veterinarian shall declare fresh meat unfit for human consumption if it
A. Derives from animals affected by a generalized disease, such as generalized septicaemia, pyaemia, toxemia or viraemia
B. It is declared unfit based on the Commission Regulation B54/2004/EC
C. It is declared unfit based on the Commission Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2019/627
D. Additional laboratory examinations cannot be performed
A. Derives from animals affected by a generalized disease, such as generalized septicaemia, pyaemia, toxemia or viraemia
C. It is declared unfit based on the Commission Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2019/627
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)
A. Birds showing symptoms shall be slaughtered separately
B. Birds showing symptoms shall be slaughtered in a closed slaughter
C. infected animals cannot be slaughtered
D. Whole body is unfit for consumption
C. infected animals cannot be slaughtered
D. Whole body is unfit for consumption
The inflammation of the intestines is not the main finding in which of these diseases?
A. Salmonellosis
B. Listeriosis
C. Erysipelas of swine
D. Verotaxin producing Escherichia coli infection
B. Listeriosis
C. Erysipelas of swine
Which findings make the egg unfit for human consumption?
A. Parasite
B. Foreign body
C. Meat spot
D. Contaminated shell
A. Parasite
B. Foreign body
Which findings make the egg unfit for human consumption?
A. Blood ring
B. Blood spot
C. Dented
D. Broken
A. Blood ring
D. Broken
What methods are used to check the leakage after the storability tests?
A. Bubbles when squeezed under water
B. One end flips out when the can is struck against a solid object but snaps back to the normal under light pressure
C. Disappearance of vacuum (concavity) when heated to 38 C followed by slow cooling
D. Bulging of both can ends
A. Bubbles when squeezed under water
C. Disappearance of vacuum (concavity) when heated to 38 C followed by slow cooling
Which is true?
A. Official control shall be performed more frequently in relation to food from third countries.
B. Official controls shall be performed with a high level of transparency.
C. Official controls shall be performed without prior notice
D. It is not necessary to draw up written record of official controls.
A. Official control shall be performed more frequently in relation to food from third countries.
C. Official controls shall be performed without prior notice
Which manufacturing steps of sausage production were part of our practical?
A. Mincing of pork shoulder and back fat.
B. Stuffing.
C. Smoking.
D. Ripening.
A. Mincing of pork shoulder and back fat.
B. Stuffing.
Which of these statements are right for smoking?
A. Cold smoking is below 20°C.
B. It can only contribute to aroma development and will not change the taste of the product.
C. Liquid smoke is easy to handle and even environment friendly
D. Warm smoking is between 20-60°C
A. Cold smoking is below 20°C.
C. Liquid smoke is easy to handle and even environment friendly
(Warm smooking is between 65-70)
In case of sexual odour of meat
A. poultry meat is unfit for consumption
B. pork meat is unfit for consumption in every case
C. if pronounced, meat is unfit for Consumption
D. official veterinarian shall determine the extent and make a decision on fitness for human consumption
C. if pronounced, meat is unfit for Consumption
D. official veterinarian shall determine the extent and make a decision on fitness for human consumption
Cysticercosis
A. meat infected must be declared unfit for human consumption
B. meat infected must be declared unfit for human consumption only in case of cattle
C. if the animal does not suffer from generalized cysticercosis, the unaffected parts may be declared fit for human consumption after having undergone freezing treatment
D. Consuming infected meat does not pose public health risk, since humans could oniy be infected from carnivores
A. meat infected must be declared unfit for human consumption
C. if the animal does not suffer from generalized cysticercosis, the unaffected parts may be declared fit for human consumption after having undergone freezing treatment
Which statement is TRUE about Yersinia enterocolitica?
A. Animals are usually asymptomatic carriers of the bacterium
B. Poultry meat is the most important source of infection
C. It is psychrophilic
D. It usually causes generalized dermatitis in humans
A. Animals are usually asymptomatic carriers of the bacterium
C. It is psychrophilic
Who are the members of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed?
A. Member States
B. European Parliament
C. European Commission
D. Council
A. Member States
C. European Commission
How have to plan the official controls based on 625/2017/EC regulation?
A. Competent authorities have to plan the official controls on risk basis, regulary and with appropriate frequency.
B. Competent authorities have to plan the official controls on risk basis, regulary and with appropriate frequency to identify possible intentional violations.
C. Competent authorities have to plan the official controls on basis on the human resources.
D. Competent authorities have to plan the official controls on basis on the financial resources.
A. Competent authorities have to plan the official controls on risk basis, regulary and with appropriate frequency.
B. Competent authorities have to plan the official controls on risk basis, regulary and with appropriate frequency to identify possible intentional violations. (?)
In case of insufficient bleeding
A. Reason could be heart disorders
B. Meat is generally unfit for consumption
C. There is always a foreign odour as well
D. There is no effect on fitness for human consumption
A. Reason could be heart disorders
B. Meat is generally unfit for consumption
Where can the quality grading of eggs be carried out?
A. At the site of production
B. In the retail market
C. In the egg packing plant
D. At the consumers before use
A. At the site of production
C. In the egg packing plant
Which of the following statements are FALSE about the semi-preserved cans?
A. Only heat treatment is used for the preservation
B. They can be stored in room temperature
C. They must be stored in the fridge
D. Even vegetative bacteria can survive their heat treatment
A. Only heat treatment is used for the preservation (?)
B. They can be stored in room temperature (?)
What is the role of nitrite salts in cured meat products?
A. Due to the addition of nitrite salts the multiplication of Clostridium botulinum is prohibited.
B. It has an antioxidant effect: stabilizes the fat level and therefore decreases the possibility of rancidity.
C. They can be used to have heat resistant brown color in meat.
D. They form nitrosamines, which are good for human health even in high concentration.
A. Due to the addition of nitrite salts the multiplication of Clostridium botulinum is prohibited.
B. It has an antioxidant effect: stabilizes the fat level and therefore decreases the possibility of rancidity.
What are the disadvantages of natural casings?
A. They are undigestible
B. They are perishable
C. Preparation is time consuming.
D. They are not permeable to smoke and vapor
B. They are perishable
C. Preparation is time consuming.
OIE listed diseases
A. all have meat inspection significance
B. only the ones on the ‘A-list have meat inspection significance
C. have public health or animal health significance
D. not all have meat inspection significance
C. have public health or animal health significance ?
D. not all have meat inspection significance ?