Test study question Flashcards
. What are allergens? Give one example.
Give two examples of toxins from food packaging or processing.
What is bioamplification? Give one example of how bioamplification can affect our food
Give at least three examples of chemical contaminants in food. What are the sources of the contaminations?
What are the most common bacterial diseases carried by food? Can you give one or two
examples of recent outbreaks of bacterial diseases in North America? What caused
those incidents? What should be done to prevent similar occurrences? As an individual,
what can you do to keep yourself safe?
Give one example of foodborne or waterborne parasite. How can you ensure that you
are safe from it?
Give one example of foodborne viral disease.
Give one example of foodborne mycotoxin
What is BSE? What microscopic agents cause it? What caused the outbreak of BSE in the UK in the 1990s?
What are endogenous toxins in food? Give at least three examples that occur in
vegetables and two in non-vegetable food.
Is it possible to suffer from micronutrient deficiencies while being on a diet that supplies abundant calories? Explain.
What is a micronutrient deficiency? How is it different from starvation? Give one or two examples of micronutrient deficiencies
What is the energy content of the different kinds of micronutrients?
How do the modified Atwater values differ from the standard values of metabolizable
energy?
