NW Foodborne Illness Review

What is the most important way to prevent bacteria from causing a foodborne illness?

• pull hair back

• control temperature and time

• wash surfaces

• wash hands

Where can people not get viruses from?

• food

• water

• cross contamination

• contaminated surfaces

What is a poison that is produced by microorganisms, carried by fish, or released by plants?

• parasite

• toxin

• virus

• fungi

What are small living organisms?

• bacteria

• parasite

• microorganism

• toxin

What is a a biological, chemical, physical or radiological substance which can adversely affect living organisms through air, water, soil and/or food?

• contaminant

• parasite

• toxin

• virus

What does FAT TOM stand for?

• Fat, Acid, Temperature, Time, Oil, Minerals

• Food, Acidity, Time, Temperature, Oxygen, Moisture

• Food, Alkalinity, Time, Temperature, Oil, Moisture

• Fat, Acidity, Temperature, Time, Oxygen, Moisture

What is any substance that is added to food and affects the food's characteristics?

• contaminant

• food allergy

• food additive

• chemical additive

What is a a foodborne pathogen that is the most common bacterial cause of diarrhea in the United States?

• Staphylococcus Aureus

• Campolybactor Jejuni

• Salmonella

• Ecoli

What type of contamination causes most foodborne illnesses caused by pathogens, a form of biological contaminant?

• chemical

• cross

• physical

• biological

What is a parasitic disease caused by nematodes (worms) that attach to the wall of the esophagus, stomach, or intestine?

• anasakis

• toxin

• parasite

• salmonella