Common Consumable Culprits
Salmonella in this underprepared fowl is a party foul.
What is undercooked chicken?
This initial step involves verifying that the number of observed cases of disease exceeds the expected "baseline" number of cases.
What is establish the existence of an outbreak?
This basic, critical behavior, is the single most effective way for food handlers to prevent transfer of pathogens from hands to ready-to-eat food items.
What is hand washing?
To protect legal integrity, this tracking document maintains a record of every person who handles physical evidence or food collected.
What is a chain of custody?
What is Sacramento County?
This moo juice "does a body good" unless it's untreated with E. Coli
What is unpasteurized milk?
Standard set of criteria that determines who is included as a verified part of the outbreak.
What is an outbreak case definition?
This term describes the accidental transfer of pathogens from one substance, often raw meat, to another surface or food item that won't be cooked before serving.
What is cross-contamination?
This term describes the deliberate contamination of food, water, or consumer products with chemical, biological, or radiological agents to cause civil disruption or harm.
What is bioterrorism (or agroterrorism)?
This visual graph plots the number of cases on the y-axis against dates or times of illness onset on the x-axis.
What is an epidemiologic curve (epi-curve)?
What is home-canned or home-fermented foods?
A 'shotgun' questionnaire may be used in this step to gather information from earliest cases and generate theories about the source.
What is hypothesis generation?
The temperature range between 41 and 135 degrees Fahrenheit is known by this ominous name because it allows rapid bacterial proliferation.
What is the Danger Zone?
According to crim-epi guidelines, when public health and law enforcement conduct joint interviews of facility staff, they should do this beforehand.
What is pre-coordinate/share investigation goals?
Ms. Mallon, also known by this moniker, was an asymptomatic cook in the early 1900s who is estimated to have infected over 50 people with typhoid fever.
What is Typhoid Mary?
Vibrio may kill the mood for these warm-water aphrodisiacs.
What are raw oysters?
This outbreak step involves both analytical studies and laboratory testing.
What is testing the hypothesis ?
This common 'cleaning' practice at Thanksgiving can spread bacteria in your sink.
What is rinsing/washing raw poultry?
This federal legislative act, passed in 2002, tightened regulation of biological agents and toxins (hint: it also authorized PHEP Cooperative agreement).
What is the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act?
A 1993 E. Coli outbreak associated with this restaurant's hamburgers and sickening over 700 people is largely credited with transforming modern food safety laws.
The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse song and listeria can share this food adored by many kids.
What is a hot dog (hot dog, hot digity dog)?
This step may include education, enforcing corrective action, and/or facility closures.
What are control measures?
Warm, tracked food, and moisture create an environment for this kitchen item to harbor up to 45 billion bacteria per square centimeter.
What is a dish sponge?
This position acts as the primary liaison between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Laboratory Response Network (LRN) to detect, deter, and investigate threats.
What is a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Coordinator?
This Christmas movie, released in the USA on July 15, 1988, gave us the quote "You asked for miracles, Theo, I give you the F.B.I."
What is Die Hard?