food poisoning

Question 1

salmonella

Answer 1

-raw meat, poultry, eggs, milk, dairy products, fish, sauces, dressings, cream filled desserts and toppings
-fever, headache, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea

Question 2

listeria

Answer 2

• pasteurised milk, raw milk, cheese, soft ice-cream, smoked fish
  -nausea, vomiting, diarrohea, still birth

Question 3

Staphylococcus aureus

Answer 3

-meat, meat products, poultry, salads, potatoes, cream pastries, dairy products
-vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea

Question 4

E-coli

Answer 4

-sewage, soft cheese, minced beef, chicken
-diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nausea

Question 5

Campylobacter

Answer 5

-meat, poultry, raw milk, untreated water, chickens
-diarrhoea, flu like symptoms, headache, fever, abdominal pain

Question 6

Bacillus cereus

Answer 6

-rice, cereal products, starchy foods
-abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea

Question 7

Clostridium botulinum

Answer 7

-foods not heated before eating, low acid foods, under sterilized foods
-difficulties in talking, breathing, swallowing, double vision, headaches, nausea, vomiting, paralysis of cranial nerves

Question 8

Clostridium perfringens

Answer 8

-meat, meat products, gravy –pain, diarrhoea

Question 9

Factors affecting bacteria

growth

Answer 9

· Moisture · Time · Food · pH · temperature · oxygen

Question 10

Food risk categories

Answer 10

High: shell fish, meat, poultry, fish, eggs, cheese, milk, cream, cooked rice Generally moist, high in protein
Medium: pre-packaged cakes, bread, fruit, veg
Low:flour, sugar, dry biscuits, canned foods, salty crisp snacks Unlikely to cause food poisoning