Types Of Food Poisoning Flashcards
How many types of food poisoning are there?
Three
What are the three types of food poisoning?
Chemical food poisoning
Biological food poisoning
Bacterial food poisoning
What causes chemical food poisoning?
It is caused by eating food contaminated with metal residues, antibiotic or pesticide and insecticide residue from agriculture
What type of food poisoning is caused by eating food contaminated with metal residues, antibiotics or pesticide and insecticide residue from agriculture?
Chemical food poisoning
What causes biological food poisoning?
It is caused by eating foods that naturally contain poisonous substances such as solanine in green potatoes
What type of food poisoning is caused by eating food that naturally contain poisonous substances?
Biological food poisoning
What is an example of a substance that can cause biological food poisoning?
Solanine in green potatoes
What causes bacterial food poisoning?
It is caused by eating food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria
What type of food poisoning is caused by eating food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria?
Bacterial food poisoning
How does food become contaminated with pathogenic bacteria?
4
Unhygienic food handlers
Pests
Water
Cross-contamination
How many types of bacterial food poisoning are there?
There are two types
What are the two types of bacterial food poisoning?
Infectious food poisoning and toxic food poisoning
What is infectious food poisoning?
An illness caused by eating food containing pathogenic bacteria that produce endotoxins
What is toxic food poisoning?
An illness caused by eating food containing pathogenic bacteria that produces exotoxins
When are endotoxins released by a bacteria?
They are released when the bacterial cell dies