food related illness

Question 1

what is food-borne diseases?

Answer 1

acute illness associated with the consumption of water/food

Question 2

what is the food contaminated with?

Answer 2

sufficient amount of pathogen/toxicants that can make a person sick

Question 3

classification of food-borne disease

Answer 3

• infection

- intoxication

Question 4

causes for food borne INFECTIONS

Answer 4

entrance of pathogenic microorganisms that contaminated the food

Question 5

microorganisms that cause food borne INFECTIONS

Answer 5

fungal
bacterial
parasitic

Question 6

incubation period for food borne INFECTIONS

Answer 6

long

Question 7

characterization for food borne INFECTIONS

Answer 7

fever
vomit
diarhea

Question 8

examples of bacterial food borne infections

Answer 8

Cholera, salmonellosis, typhoid fever, shigellosis, Yersiniosis

Question 9

mycotic food borne infections

Answer 9

Candida spp. , Sporothrix spp. , Wangiella spp.

Question 10

viral food borne infections

Answer 10

hepatitis A, Norwak virus, Poliomyelitis virus

Question 11

food poisoning cases in Malaysia

Answer 11

laksa Kedah - salmonella bacteria

Question 12

makanan melibatkan staphylococus aureus:

Answer 12

makanan yang dimasak dan dicemari pengendali - daging, ayam, pulut kuning, susu

Question 13

makanan melibatkan Salmonella

Answer 13

ayam, daging, telur, hasil telur, susu mentah, hasil susu

Question 14

makanan melibatkan Escherichia coli enteropathogenic

Answer 14

daging burger tidak cukup masak, keju dan air / makanan dicemari najis

Question 15

makanan melibatkan Bacillus cereus

Answer 15

nasi, nasi goreng, bijirin, puding, rempah, sayuran, hidangan berdaging

Question 16

makanan melibatkan Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Answer 16

seafood, kerang tak masak sempurna

Question 17

makanan melibatkan camphylobacter

Answer 17

susu mentah, ayam, itik, hati lembu, kepah mentah, polluted water

Question 18

causes for food-borne INTOXICATIONS

Answer 18

food contaminated by biotoxicants, metabolic products (toxins), poisonous substances

Question 19

what is biotoxicants?

Answer 19

found in tissue of certain plants and animals

Question 20

what is metabolic products?

Answer 20

formed and excreted by microorganisms which they multiply in food / gastrointestinal tract

Question 21

what is poisonous substance?

Answer 21

substance intentionally
or unintentionally added to food during production,
processing, transportation or storage.

Question 22

incubation period for food borne INTOXICATIONS

Answer 22

short

Question 23

symptoms of food borne INTOXICATIONS

Answer 23

lack of fever

Question 24

classification of food borne INTOXICATIONS (5)

Answer 24

a. Bacterial intoxications
b. Fungal intoxications
c. Chemical intoxication
d. Plant toxicants, and
e. Poisonous animals.

Question 25

acute toxicity

Answer 25

harmful in a single / short term exposure

Question 26

sub chronic toxicity

Answer 26

effect by multiple doses / long exposure

Question 27

chronic toxicity

Answer 27

repeated dosage / lifetime exposure

Question 28

classification of toxicants (4)

Answer 28

• natural
• natural toxin but through spoilage
• in processed food
• environmental

Question 29

example of plant toxin (natural toxin)

Answer 29

mushroom poisoning - toadstools (amanita smithiana)

Question 30

what is microbial toxin ?

Answer 30

produces by microorganisms, mainly bacteria

Question 31

types of bacterial toxins (6)

Answer 31

• endotoxins / LPS
• exotoxins
• enterotoxin
• cytoskeleton altering toxin
• cytotoxin
• neurotoxin