Food Related Causes Of Ill Health And Food Safety Flashcards
1
Q
What is bacteria?
A
Tiny living things, some of which cause food poinsining
2
Q
What is contaminate?
A
Make a food unsafe to eat by infecting it with microbes that will grow and multiply in it
3
Q
What is cross-contamination?
A
How microbes are spread from one place onto some food
4
Q
What are microbes?
A
Tiny plants and animals that you can only see under a microscope (also called micro-organisms)
5
Q
What are moulds?
A
Tiny plants, similar to mushrooms
6
Q
What is a pathogenic?
A
Something that makes people ill
7
Q
What are toxins?
A
Another name for poisons, if something is toxic it is poisonous
8
Q
What are signs of food poisoning?
A
Stomach ache, being sick,weakenss, feeling cold, do not want to eat food, diarrhoea, high body temperature, dizziness
