Food Safety
People most susceptible to foodborne illness (name at least one)
Who are infants and children, pregnant women, elderly?
The three categories of foodborne illnesses
What is bacterial, viral, and parasitic?
The danger zone temperatures
The most common viral foodborne illness
An organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.
What is a parasite?
Common foods where foodborne illnesses are found (name at least two)
What are meats, eggs, dairy products and greens?
The duration of Salmonella poisoning
What is 4 - 7 days?
Name at least two bacterial foodborne illnesses.
What is Salmonella, Listeria, E. Coli, Campylobacter?
What is Hepatitis A.?
The parasite found in only raw or undercooked fish
What are Anisakis roundworms?
The most common historic food preservation method
What is salting?
The most deadly foodborne illness
What is Listeria?
The requirements needed for bacteria to multiply (name at least one).
What is nutrients, water, warmth?
The viral foodborne illness that causes gastroenteritis in children and infants
What is the Rotavirus?
Where tapeworms are found
What is raw meat (beef, pork, and fish)?
The most popular form of food preservation today
What is canning?
The foodborne illness that comes from mainly only shellfish like oysters
What is Vibrio?
Foodborne illnesses bacteria may multiply even in the refrigerator. Give one way this is possible.
Fridge is too warm, too large of containers, too long in the fridge, cross contamination
Hepatitis A inflames this organ
What is the liver?
The parasitic foodborne illness that can be seen without a microscope.
What is tapeworms (Taenia saginata/Taenia solium)?
The agency that monitors mostly all of the foodborne illnesses
The most common foodborne illness in the US
What is the Norovirus?
A bacterial foodborne illness that occurs when low-acid foods are not canned or preserved correctly at home
What is botulism?
The infection that the Norovirus causes
What is Gastroenteritis?
A very dangerous fungus that can be found on food. (Hint: produced by molds)
What are mycotoxins or aflatoxins?