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Safe Food Handling
Salmonella
EColi
Listeria
Food Safety Agencies
100
Nickname for contaminating food by eating from container.
What is Double Dipping?
100
Found in the intestinal tracts of birds and chickens, as well as raw eggs.
What is Salmonella bacteria?
100
Associated with undercooked red meat.
What is EColi poisoning?
100
Fetal death or defects
What danger does Listeria pose to the pregnant woman?
100
Responsible for monitoring labeled products, such as medications, supplements and tobacco products.
What is the Food and Drug Administration? (FDA)
200
Cutting vegetables and raw meats on same surface.
What is Cross Contamination?
200
Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
What are the common symptoms of salmonella poisoning?
200
Cramps, loose and even bloody stool, nausea.
What are the symptoms of EColi poisoning?
200
Deli meats, soft cheese, sprouts, melons, smoked meats and seafood
What are food sources of the Listeria bacteria?
200
Inspects restaurants, cafeterias, and food shops on the local level.
What is the Board of Health?
300
No more than 2 hours @ room temperature, or one hour if room temperature is >90F.
What is the time limit for leaving perishables out for serving?
300
Twelve to forty-eight hours after ingesting contaminated food.
What is the incubation period/onset of salmonella poisoning symptoms?
300
Contaminated meats, drinking and swimming waters, personal contact with infected patients.
What are the ways EColi are transmitted?
300
Flu-like symptoms, Stiff neck, Confusion, Convulsions
What are the symptoms of Listeria?
300
Checks for the safety of commercially supplied foods.
What is the Food Safety and Inspection Service? (FSIS)
400
Hot foods hot, cold foods cold.
What is the safety rule for serving foods?
400
Rinse poultry with cold water, cook it until no longer pink , avoid eating raw eggs.
What are ways to prevent salmonella contamination?
400
Proper handwashing before food preparation and after toileting.
What is the most effective way to reduce EColi transmission?
400
antibiotics
What is the treatment for Listeria?
400
Federal department responsible for laws relating to farming, agriculture and food.
What is the USDA?
500
Store in refrigerator in shallow dishes for rapid cooling.
What is the proper way to prepare leftovers?
500
The immuno-compromised, particularly the elderly, AIDS patients.
What are the high-risk groups for Salmonella Poisoning?
500
Three-four days after ingesting contaminated source.
What is the incubation period/onset of symptoms of EColi poisoning?
500
Pregnant women and their fetuses, the elderly and the immuno-compromised.
What groups is listeria especially dangerous for?
500
Regulates use of harmful pesticides, establishes tolerance levels.
What is the role of the Environmental protection Agency? (EPA)