Pre-Harvest Food Risks Flashcards
Give examples of hazards at farm level
- e coli 0157
- Pesticides
- Water
- Salmonella
- low quality silage -> Listeria
Define hazard
agent substance or action that has the potential to cause an undesired event
Define risk
probablilty of an undesired event occourring and the consquences of the undesired event
Other than food safety what may risk assessment be used to manage?
animal health, welfare and economics
Give an example of practical application of risk assessment
BPEX (part of zoonoses national control programme ZNCP) online farm tool helps faremrs and vets develop farm specific salmonella control plans to refocus resouces away from standard salmonella sampling at abattoir level
What are the aims/objectives of risk assessment and risk management?
Risk assessment - identify and prioritise relevant hazards and evalutate risk management strategies
Management - reduce or prevent the risk related ot the hazard
What is the goal of preharvest food safety?
Minimise risk of food bourne illness
Give examples of latent zoonoses
- Salmonella
- E. COli 0157
- Campylobacter
> do not necessarily cause disease in animals
What are risk pathways? Give an eg. of a complex risk pathway
sequence of events that can lead to outcomes and can be the basis for prevenetion
- eg. cattle act as reservoir for shiga toxin producing E. COli, can be spread directly, via milk, water, underbooked minced meat, other foods or fomites
Give examples of hazards in animal-derived foods
> Biological (bacteria, virus, parasite)
Chemical (environmental contaminants, illegal substances, natural toxins (mycotoxins))
Physical (glass, metal, non-edible ingredients)
What are the 6 key foodborne disease pathogens prioritised by the FSA?
Highest - Campylobacter (^incidence, ^ severity)
- LIsteria monocytongnees (v incidence, ^ severity)
- E. Coli 0175 (v incidence, ^ severity)
- Salmonella (^incidence, ~severity)
- Norovirus (^incidence, v severity)
- CLostridium perfringens (v incidence, v severity)
Who is responsible for animal food and water safety?
Feed manufacturers (eg. dioxin in Irish pork) OR farmer is sourcing ingredients to produce their own food (eg. poor silage production -> listeria)
Give examples of hazards that have entered the food chain through food or water
- dioxin
- Pb
- Mycotoxin
- Salmonella
What are the main 2 serovars of salmonella that affect humans?
A. Enterica
S. Typhimurium
Why is farm level control of salmonella particularly important?
- can contaminate animla feed
- can affect eggs before they are fully formed