Module 2 Flashcards
Costs of a Foodborne Illness to
Establishments and Service Providers
-Loss of customers and sales
-Loss of prestige and reputation
-Lawsuits resulting in legal fees
-Embarrassment
-Endanger public health
-Need for retraining employees
-Lowered employee morale
FOOD SAFETY is All the conditions and measures that are
necessary during the _____, ______, _____, ______, and _____, of food to ensure that food is ______, _____, ______, and _____, for human consumption.
-production, processing, storage, distribution and preparation
-safe, sound, wholesome, and fit
Flow of food
Purchasing, Receiving, Storing, Preparing, Cooking, (Holding, Cooling, Reheating), Serving
Where is Scombrotoxin found
tuna, bluefish, and
mackerel
road or path that we could follow in a food service or food processing operations
Flow of food
How do foods become unsafe?
Contamination and Hazard
What is contamination?
unintended presence of harmful
substances, objects or microorganisms in food
What is Ciguatoxin
naturally-occurring toxin in
algae (certain species of amberjacks, barracuda and snapper)
What is hazard?
biological, physical, or chemical
property that may cause an unacceptable consumer health risk.
Examples of physical hazards
Metal shavings, staples, glass, blades, fingernail, hair, bandages, dirt & bones
What are the types of food safety hazard?
1.Physical Hazards
2. Chemical Hazards
3. Biological Hazards
What are Biological Hazards
-Hazards inherent to foods
-Disease-causing
microorganisms (bacteria,
viruses, parasites, and fungi)
-Toxins inherent to plants and
some fish
What is shellfish toxin
paralytic shellfish poisoning (red tide)
What makes Scombrotoxin toxic
from histamine producing bacteria
(results from the protein decomposition from the A.A histidine)
What are physical hazards?
Foreign objects that cause illness or injury
Two types of physical hazards
Intentionally introduced, Accidentally introduced
Toxin in pufferfish poisoning
tetrodotoxin
Where does pufferfish poisoning originate
liver, gonads, intestines, and skin of this fish contain tetrodotoxin
What are the toxins from plants:
-Mycotoxins
-Aflatoxin
What is Mycotoxin
mold intoxication
Another type of PHF (Potentially Hazardous Foods)
Ready-to -eat food (RTE)
Examples of PHF (Potentially Hazardous Foods)
-Milk and milk products
-meat: beef, pork, lamb
-fish
-baked or boiled potatoes
-shells eggs (except treated to eliminate Salmonella spp.)
-poultry
-shellfish and crustacea
-cooked rice, beans, or other heat-treated plant food
-garlic and oil mixtures
-sprouts and sprout seeds
-tofu or other soy-protein food
-sliced melons
-synthetic ingredients such as textured soy protein in meat alternatives
What Foods are Prone
to Hazards?
PHF (Potentially Hazardous Foods)
What are PHF (Potentially Hazardous Foods)
-Foods that have the ability to support rapid and progressive growth of pathogenic microorganisms
-Most likely to be contaminated
-Other term PHF-TCS (time and
temperature control for safety)
What is Aflatoxin
Aspergillus flavus (grains and peanuts)
What are Ready-to -eat food (RTE)
Edible without washing, cooking or
additional preparation by customer or retail food establishment
Conditions that support the
growth of bacteria
-Food
-Acidity
-Temperature
-Time
-Oxygen
-Moisture
How does Food support the
growth of bacteria
high carbohydrate, high protein
How does Acidity support the
growth of bacteria
pH of 4.6 to 7.0 (melons, dairy,
poultry, fish, meats, vegetables, eggs)
How does Temperature support the
growth of bacteria
- TDZ (Temperature Danger Zone)
-4C to 60C (40F to 140F)
-FDA: 5C to 57C (41F to 135F)
What happens at 120-140 F
Sine bacterial growth may occur, many bacteria survive
coverage of TDZ
-140-165F
-120-140F
-60-120 F
-40-60 F
-32-40 F