Unit 32 Flashcards
Food Safety
1
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What are food safety concerns?
A
- food borne illnesses
- environmental contaminants
- naturally occuring toxicants
- pesticide residues
- food additives
2
Q
Signs of food poisoning.
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- vomiting
- bloody diarrhea
- dehydration
- fever
- diarrhea for more than 3 days
3
Q
How many foodborne ilnesses have been identified?
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250
4
Q
Who is food posiing severe for?
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- weakened immune system
- certain chronic illnesses
- pregnant womeb
- young children
- old people
5
Q
How do you get hepatitis A?
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from contaminated foor or water that is contaminated with the feces of an infected person
raw or undercooked shellfish from contaminated waters, raw produce, contaminated drinking water or ice
6
Q
Hepatitis A
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- inflammation of liver
- fatigue, nausea, dark urin
- onset is 2-7 weeks
7
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Giardia or ‘beaver fever’
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- contaminated water
- diarrhea is main symptom (sudden onset explosive or chronic)
- onset is 1- 3 weeks
8
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Listeriosis
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- hotdogs/delimeat, unpasteurized milk, soft cheese
- gut sympotoms and fever, can trigger brain infection and/or sepsis
- high death rate in fetus and infants
- onset is 3-30 days or longer
things that have been recalled:
- silk mil alternatives
- frozen pancakes and waffles
9
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Salmonella
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- raw or undercooked eggs and meat, raw dairy, fruits and veggies irrigated with contaminate (sprouts and cantaloupe)
- gut symptoms
- onset is 6 hours to 6 days (lasts 4-7 days)
10
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E.coli
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- undercooked ground beef, unpasteurized milk, contaminated water, person to person
- watery bloody diarrhea, cramps
- 15% children and elderly develop hemolytic uremic syndrome (can be fatal, permanent kidney damage)
- onset is 1-8 days (lasts 5-10 days)
11
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Botulism
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- clostridium botulinum grows without oxygen
- botulinim toxin is responsible
- canned vegetables and meats, honey (bees pick up spores from flowers/soil), oils infused with garlic or herbs
- onset is 4-36 hrs
- blurred vision, difficulty speaking, paralysis, can be fatal
- need antitoxin immediately
12
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Staphylococcal toxin ‘picnic sickness’
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- tuna, potato and macaroni salads, cream filled pastries, meats and poultry, egg products
- gut symptoms, mild fver
- onset .5-8 hrs (lasts 24-48hrs)
- from leaving food out
13
Q
What are some food safety tips?
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- clean safe kitchen
- avoid cross contamination
- keep hot foods hot
- keep cold food cold (fridge 4-6 degrees, freezer -18- -20 degrees)
14
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Mad cow disease
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- caused by prion (from sheep parts fed to cows)
- small protein that transmits disease when consumed by a similar species
- transfered to humans when they eat prion infected meat
- humans develop Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from contaminated meat (symptoms resemble alzeihmers but prgress faster)
15
Q
Mad cow disease leads to…
A
inevitable death due to brain damage
