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What is a teratogen?

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A substance that alters embryonic or fetal development in some manner to produce structural or functional alterations; causes birth defects

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Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus produce liver toxins known as what?

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Aflatoxins

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Claviceps purpurea causes what type of food poisoning?

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Ergotism

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Define a food intoxication.

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The organism grows in the food producing a toxin. The toxin is consumed and causes illness

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Define a toxicoinfection.

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Person consumes the organism and it multiplies in the gut where it produces a toxin, and the toxin makes the person sick.

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Define carcinogen.

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Agents which cause tumors that may be benign or malignant (cause cancer)

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Give the name of a commonly used acute test for mutagenicity based on Salmonella Typhimurium.

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Ames Test (Developed by Bruce Ames)

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How is the histamine produced in scombroid poisoning?

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Produced by bacterial decarboxylation of the generally large quantities of histidine in the fish muscles

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In 1970, a Canadian chemist found what toxic element in fresh water fish?

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Hg (mercury)

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In 1973, the largest recorded outbreak of histamine poisoning occurred. It involved 2656 people who consumed dried horse mackerel. In what country did this outbreak occur?

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Japan

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In what units is the LD(50) reported?

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mg/kg of body weight

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Minimata disease was caused by the consumption of fish containing what element?

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Mercury

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Name of one of the toxic compounds in cassava

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linamarin or lotoaustralin or isolinamarin (Cyanogenic Glucosides)

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Name two fishes commonly associated with scombroid.

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Tuna and mackerel

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The chances for what food poisoning cannot be eliminated by reheating perishable foods that have been left out at room temperature for more than four hours?

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Staphylococcus aureusfood poisoning

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What are the three main stimulants found naturally in coffee, tea and cocoa?

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Caffeine, Theophyllin, and Theobromine

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What chemical from the oil of wormwood (once used in absinthe) causes lesions of the cerebral cortex?

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Thujone

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What element, if ingested by humans during pregnancy, can pass through the placenta to the fetus?

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Mercury

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What is a NOEL in toxicology?

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No Effect Level

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What is the breakdown product of Alar?

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UDMH (Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine)

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What is the cause of favism in those who consume fava beans?

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Inherited deficiency of Glucose 6 Phosphate dehydrogenase

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What is the difference in a toxin and a toxicant?

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Toxicants are man-made chemicals and toxins are naturally occurring

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What is the genus of the toxic mushroom known as the “Death Angel” and what is the name of the toxin?

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Amanita; amatoxin or phallotoxin

24
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What is the major group of enzymes in the liver that are responsible for Phase I metabolism of toxins?

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Monoamine Oxidases (or could say monooxygeneases or P450 )

25
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What is the maximum amount of aflatoxin allowed in food by FDA? Is this the lowest amount allowed in the World?

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20 ppb (ng/g), 0.5 ppb for milk; No - 34 countries have lower action levels than U.S. - mostly EEC -( 0.05 ppb)

26
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What is the most lethal of all fish poisons?

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Saxitoxin or Puffer fish toxin (60 - 70% mortality)

27
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What is the most toxic aflatoxin to humans?

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B1

28
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What is the name of the disease that wiped out vineyards in Europe?

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Phylloxera

29
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What is the popular trade name for daminozide?

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Alar

30
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What is the term for toxins produced by molds?

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Mycotoxins

31
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What is the toxic glycoside in Licorice that causes health problems when overconsumed?

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Glycyrrhizin (hypertension, cardiac enlargement, na retention, etc.)

32
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What mycotoxin is produced by a mold that can grow on moist peanuts, pecans, corn and other food stuffs?

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Aflatoxin, Ochratoxin, Citrinin, Tricothecenes, and others

33
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What quantity is defined as the dose of a substance which will kill 50% of the test subjects.

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LD50

34
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What term is used to describe the allowable tolerances of natural or unavoidable foreign material in foods that does not constitute a health hazard to the public?

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Defect Action Level

35
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What toxic alkaloid found in potatoes?

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Solanine

36
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What toxic alkaloid found in tomatoes?

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Tomatine

37
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What type botulism is mainly involved with seafood?

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Type E

38
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What type of immunoglobins are involved in food allergic responses?

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IgE

39
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Which foods besides fish are most often associated with histamine poisoning?

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Fermented Foods - cheese, beer, wine, etc. (due to decarboxylation of amino acids)

40
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Who developed the Human Exposure/Rodent Potency (HERP) Index?

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Bruce Ames

41
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Why do chelating agents increase the efficiency of antioxidants?

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They bind trace metals that catalyze fat oxidation

42
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Why has FDA banned sulfites on salad bars and required the labeling of wine containing sulfites?

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Those with asthma can have life-threatening reactions to sulfites

43
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Why is “glandless” cottonseed now cultivated in the United States for cottonseed meal production?

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A highly toxic phenolic compound called Gossypol is found in the gland

44
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Name six of the top eight allergens found in foods.

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Fish, Shellfish, eggs, milk, soy, peanuts, treenuts, wheat

45
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Overconsumption of certain foods is associated with gout; name four of these foods and explain why.

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Beer, Wine, Alcohol, Organ Meats, Sardines, Anchovy, Herring, Meat, Yeasts, Asparagus, Mushroom, Spinach, Cauliflower; High Purine containing foods that are metabolized to uric acid

46
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What are 2 types of intoxication associated with consuming seafood?

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Ciguatera, scombroid, paralytic shellfish poisoning, puffer fish poisoning (tetrodotoxin)

47
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What are 3 categories of botulism?

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Foodborne, Infant, Wound

48
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What are compositions and locations of exotoxins and endotoxins?

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Exotoxin - proteins with little or no nonprotein residues, found outside of cell; Endotoxin - primarily polysaccharide and lipid complexes (lipopolysaccharides) associated with cell membrane

49
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What are the 3 most common types of human botulism?

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Type A, B, E

50
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What are the foodborne bacterial intoxications?

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Staphylococcal intoxication; Botulism; Bacillus cereus emetic syndrome

51
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What are three major types of diffusion of toxins across membranes?

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Passive, Facilitated, Active, Translocation

52
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What causes rapeseed oil toxicity and how can this be prevented?

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Erucic Acid; low EA varieties have been developed and should be used

53
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What is the difference between a food allergy and a food intolerance?

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True allergy is a whole body reaction, IgE mediated; intolerance is not.

54
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What pink mold on celery causes a sensitization skin reaction in workers when they handle celery? What is the name of the toxin?

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Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; Bergapten (or psoralen - general term)

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