Unit 2 Flashcards
is a disease that is carried or transmitted to human beings through food.
Foodborne illness
two or more people experience the same symptoms after eating the same food.
Outbreak
The body’s defense system against illness
Immune system
is the creation and maintenance of healthful, or hygienic, conditions.
Sanitation
Comes from the latin word sanitas, meaning ________
Health
Means free of visible dirt and soul
Clean
means free of harmful levels of disease-causing micro-organisms and other harmful contaminants.
Sanitary
to reduce pathogenic organisms to safe level.
Sanitize
to destroy all living microorganisms.
Sterilize
Factors involved in food safety
Food
People
Facilities
the unintended presence of harmful substances or microorganisms in food – the effects of contaminated food, and cross-contamination.
Contamination
It is the application of a science to provide wholesome food processed, prepared, merchandised and sold in a clean environment by healthy workers to prevent contamination with micro-organisms that cause foodborne illness, and to minimize the procedures that help accomplish these goals.
Sanitation
True or False. Sanitation is a legal requirement.
True
True or False. Sanitation helps prevent food poisoning outbreaks.
True
True or False. Sanitation does not maintain food quality
False
True or False. Your brand is safe even without sanitation.
False
True or False. Proper sanitation practices are irrelevant to food safety assurance systems.
False
True or False. Poor hygienic and sanitary practices can contribute to outbreaks of food borne illnesses and cause injury.
True
What are the Two good hygiene components?
Food suitability and Food Safety
It is concerned with the intrinsic characteristics of the product, namely taste, smell, texture, and presentation, characteristics that can change with the presence of spoilage microbes.
Food suitability
It is the conditions and measures necessary to ensure the safety of food from production to consumption.
Food Hygiene
refers to limiting the presence of those hazards whether chronic or acute, that may make food injurious to the health of the consumer.
Food Safett
True or False. Food Safety is a Global Problem
True
This is the principal act concerned with protecting the health and safety of employees and members of the public.
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
is a standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization dealing with food safety. This is a general derivative of ISO 9000.
ISO 22000
act provide a legal framework for the control substances hazardous to health.
Employees’ Right – to- Know Act
Sanitation Code of the Philippines – requires all food establishments to secure sanitary permits from the local health office.
PD 856/Presidential Decree 856
is the key regulatory agency of the Department of Health, Philippines with major responsibilities in ensuring safety, efficacy and quality of food products, drugs, vaccines and biologicals.
Bureau of Food and Drugs
is an important sector of the Philippine economy. It is composed of establishments engaged in the processing/manufacturing and distribution of food and food products.
The Philippine Food Processing Industry
was created by RA 3720 mandated to enforce and administer the law. It is the policy of the state to ensure safe and good quality food, drug and cosmetics and regulate the production, sale and traffic of the same to protect the health of the consumer.
The Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD)
Abbreviation of OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Abbreviation of BFAD
Bureau of Food and Drugs
