Food Infections
Food Intoxication
Infectious Agents
Agencies
Safety Procedures
100
Salmonellosis
What is the most common foodborne disease?
100
Staphylococcus aureus
What is one of the most common bacteria producing a poisonous toxin?
100
Mad cow disease
What is bovine spongiform encephalopathy also known as?
100
The Food and Drug Administration
What is the agency responsible for protecting the consumer against unsafe, unsanitary and improperly labelled products?
100
Proper handwashing
What is the best defense against foodborne disease?
200
Camplyobacter jejuni
What is the bacteria carried in the intestinal tract of cows, hogs, sheep and poultry?
200
Clostridium botulinum
What toxin is found in soil worldwide?
200
A prion
What is a small protein resistant to most traditional methods to destroy protein?
200
Food Safety and Inspection Services (FSIS)
Which agency sets tolerance levels for residues in edible food?
200
Increased number of individuals involved in food handling and the time food is held in the danger zones
How does the increase in number of meals eaten away from home increase the risk of contracting a foodborne disease?
300
Pregnant women
Who is 20 times more likely than other healthy adults to get listeriosis?
300
Clostridium botulinum
The spores of which organism grow in anaerobic conditions?
300
A parasite
What is an organism that lives within, upon, or at the expense of a living host, without providing any benefit to the host?
300
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Which agency regulates the use of potentially harmful pesticides that are used in food production and establishes tolerance levels of pesticides?
300
Yes, for example Norwalk virus
Can some organisms withstand freezing temperatures?
400
Listeriosis
What foodborne infection can lead to premature delivery, stillbirth or miscarriage?
400
Norwalk virus
Which organism produces the "cruise-ship" disease?
400
Trichinella Spiralis
What is a worm that becomes embedded in teh muscle tissue of pigs?
400
Federal government
Which agency regulates the import and export of foods, and regulates the movement of food across state lines?
400
No, bacterial contamination may be odorless, tasteless and colorless
Is it possible to tell if a food is contaminated by appearance, smell or taste?
500
Salmonella
For what foodborne infection are the following common food vehicles? Raw eggs, raw milk, poultry, red meat, ground beef
500
Staphylococcus aureus
Which organism can be found in the nasal passages of 30-50% of healthy people?
500
tapeworm infection
What parasitic infection can cause vitamin B12 deficiency, anemia, diarrhea and obstruction of the bile duct or intestine in some people?
500
State government
Which agency regulates the pasteurization of milk and sanitary codes?
500
Pregnant women, the young and the elderly. Also those with suppressed immune systems (for example AIDS patients)
Who is most at risk from foodborne illness?
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