Kitchen Safety
Reducing the spread of pathogens/germs to a level that is not likely to cause contamination
What is Kitchen Sanitation?
What is direct contamination?
Fat, carbohydrates, and protein make up this essential nutrient group
What are macronutrients?
Wax like substance needed for formation of cell membranes - vitamin D, estrogen and testosterone. It is synthesized in the liver and found in animal foods
What is cholesterol?
Food that is produced through agriculture rather than hunted, fished, or gathered
What is agri-food?
A disease producing micro-organism such as a virus or bacterium
What is a pathogen?
Contamination resulting from the movement of harmful micro-organisms from one place to another
What is cross-contamination?
Vitamins, minerals, and water are needed in small quantities
What are micronutrients?
Known as bad cholesterol and can result in fatty deposits on vessel walls which can cause cardiovascular disease
What are LDL's?
A condition where people lack sufficient, reliable, and appropriate food intake needed for a healthy and sustainable life
What is food insecurity?
A microscopic living organism
What is a microbe?
Contains moulds, yeasts and bacteria in food
What are food-borne illnesses?
Food high in calories but low in nutrients
What are empty calories?
High density lipoproteins are good cholesterol. They remove cholesterol from the blood stream and return it to the liver where it is used to produce bile
What are HDL's?
What is undernutrition?
Infants, pregnant women, older adults
What are vulnerable groups?
This micro-organism requires oxygen to grow
What is aerobic?
Foods that are low in calories and high in nutrients
What are nutrient dense foods?
Unsaturated
Saturated
Trans fat
A food that is pre-packaged, frozen, or ready to eat
What is a convenience food?
The process of removing harmful bacteria from an object or surface
What is sterilization?
This is a single celled micro-organism that is found in soil, air, water
What is bacteria?
A condition where a person's diet is lacking in daily requirements of nutrients
What is malnutrition?
Found in the cell walls of plants, skin of fruits and vegetables and is a type of carbohydrate
What is fibre?
Code of polite behaviour in society or among members of a particular profession or group
What is ettiquette?