Ways People Can Make Food Unsafe
What is poor hygiene?
The leading cause of food-borne illnesses is from an illness being transferred from body to food.
Give an Example of a Biological hazard.
Bacteria
Viruses
Parasites
Fungi
Why is it important to understand food safety?
To not make yourself or other people sick.
Joe was cleaning the cutting board with bleach spray and rinsing it quickly afterwards.
Chemical
About how many people get sick each year from contaminated food?
When a pathogen is transferred from a contaminated surface to food.
What is cross-contamination?
Give an example of a chemical hazard.
Sanitizers
Cleaning supplies
What foods are most likely to become unsafe?
dairy items
eggs
meats and poultry
Baked potatoes
Fish, Shellfish
When Sam was eating fish, he began choking on a bone.
Physical
Name a Global Food Agency.
WHO World Health Organization
INFOSAN
USDA
FDA
Temperature abuse is....
Food that remains at the temperature danger zone and allows pathogens to grow.
Give an example of a physical hazard.
Bones in fish
Pits in fruit
Hair
Fingernails
Bandaids
What is the correct way to thaw food?
In a refrigerator.
Glass broke in the kitchen, and a tiny piece landed in the food.
physical
Two types of possible symptoms of a food-borne illness.
Nausea
Vomiting
Poor Cleaning is...
If a surface is not cleaned properly, pathogens can be transferred to food.
Define chemical hazard.
Chemicals in the kitchen that can contaminate food when they are expose.
What types of people are at most risk of food-borne illnesses?
elders
pregnant woman
children
immune compromised
Seth felt sick after eating strawberries that had mold on them.
Biological
What types of food handlers can contaminate food?
Sick
Define inadequate cooking.
Undercooking meats, poultry, seafood or eggs.
Naturally occurring or man-made
What is the temperature danger zone?
41 - 135 degrees F
Beth became ill after eating a piece of meat that had been left on the counter for a prolonged period of time.
Biological
What type of increase means we have food from all over the world?
Globalization