Food Safety
What should you do before preparing food?
Wash your hands.
What is meant by food distribution?
Moving food from producers to consumers.
Name one group that may experience food insecurity.
Low-income families, homeless people, elderly people, refugees, or remote communities.
What is undernutrition?
Not getting enough nutrients or energy from food.
Name one organisation that provides food assistance.
Foodbank, OzHarvest, The Salvation Army, Red Cross, or UNICEF.
What temperature should a refrigerator be kept at to help keep food safe?
5°C or below.
Name one factor that can interrupt food distribution.
Floods, droughts, bushfires, war, transport issues, or strikes.
Why are elderly people sometimes at greater risk of food insecurity?
Limited income, mobility, or health issues.
What is overnutrition?
Consuming more energy or nutrients than the body needs.
What does Foodbank Australia mainly provide?
Food for people experiencing food insecurity through charities and community groups.
Why should raw meat be stored separately from ready-to-eat foods?
To prevent cross-contamination.
Why do people in remote areas often pay more for food?
Higher transport and storage costs.
Why might Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities experience greater food inequity?
Geographic isolation, higher food costs, and reduced access to healthy food.
Name one health problem caused by undernutrition and one caused by overnutrition.
Undernutrition: stunted growth, weakened immunity. Overnutrition: obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease.
How does OzHarvest help reduce food inequity?
It rescues surplus food and redistributes it to people in need.
Name two conditions that help bacteria grow quickly.
Warm temperatures, moisture, time, or nutrients (any two).
How can natural disasters affect food equity?
They damage crops, roads, and supply chains, making food harder to access.
How can disability contribute to food inequity?
People may face barriers to shopping, cooking, transport, or employment.
Can a person be overweight and still be undernourished? Explain.
Yes. A person may consume too many kilojoules but not enough essential nutrients.
Besides providing food, what other support might nutrition aid agencies offer?
Nutrition education, cooking programs, emergency relief, or community meals.
Explain how poor food safety can contribute to food inequity.
Unsafe food can cause illness, reduce food availability, waste food, and particularly affect vulnerable communities.
Explain why food can be available in a country but still not be accessible to everyone.
High prices, poor transport, poverty, or unequal distribution prevent some people from accessing food.
Explain how multiple disadvantages can increase the risk of food insecurity.
Factors like low income, poor health, unemployment, and isolation often combine to make accessing healthy food more difficult.
Explain why both undernutrition and overnutrition are forms of malnutrition.
Malnutrition includes both too little and too much nutrition, as both negatively affect health.
Why is reducing food waste important for nutrition aid agencies?
It increases food available for vulnerable people while reducing environmental impacts.