THC 2 (Lesson 3 Food Safety) Flashcards
Food Safety Terms
BACTERIA
Food-borne Illness
Cross-Contamination
Outbreak
Sanitation
Tiny one-celled micro-organisms found everywhere in the environment, also referred to as microbes.
BACTERIA
Some microbes are safe and can be eaten in the form of food (examples are cheese and yogurt), but others are harmful and need to be avoided because they can lead to food-borne illness.
BACTERIA
Illness caused by eating contaminated food, the source of which is bacteria, viruses or parasites.
Food-borne Illness
The transfer of harmful bacteria from one food source to another, or transferred to food from another source such as hands.
Cross-Contamination
An incident of food borne illness that involves two or more people who eat a common food, which is confirmed through laboratory analysis as the source of the illness.
Outbreak
Wholesome food, handles and prepares in a way that the food is not contaminated with disease causing agents.
Sanitation
FBI Terms
Clean
Sanitary
Free from VISIABLE soil
Clean
Free from harmful levels of disease causing microorganisms and other harmful contaminants
Sanitary
Any food that consist in whole of part of milk, milk products, shell, eggs, meats, fish, poultry, baked or boiled potatoes, tofu and other soy-protein foods, plant foods that have been heat treated, raw seeds or spouts, or synthetic ingredients.
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS
3 FACTORS RELATED TO FOOD SAFETY
FOOD
PEOPLE
FACILITIES
Types of Hazards
Biological
Chemical
Physical
HARMFUL BACTERIA
VIRUSES
PARASITES
FUNGI
Biological Hazards
are the greatest concerns to food service
Bacteria
A living microorganism made up of one cell
Bacterium