Part 1 - Chapter 6: Introduction to Food Safety

What is one way to prevent the spread of foodborne illnesses?

• Wash hands

• Stay home if you are sick

• Stay home if you have a fever

• All of the answers

A foodborne illness occurs when

• one person gets ill after eating food.

• two or more people become ill after eating food.

• two or more people get the same illness from being together.

• a large group of people become ill after eating food.

Why are the elderly at high risk for foodborne illness?

• They do not watch what they eat.

• Their immune systems have weakened with age.

• They are more likely to eat in large groups.

• They are more likely to have an allergic reaction.

A foodborne illness outbreak is

• when one person gets sick from eating foods.

• when two or more persons get sick from eating foods.

• when a whole family gets sick from eating foods.

Businesses suffer from several costs as a result of a foodborne illness or outbreak. What are the costs?

• Loss of reputation.

• Loss of money from lawsuits and litigation.

• Loss of business from lack of customers and income.

• All of the answers.

Individuals have a cost as a result of a foodborne illness. What are they?

• Loss of work, hospital expenses, permanent disability and death

• Death is the only cost.

• Hospital expenses.

• Loss of work.

What are the three types of contamination?

• Biological, chemical, and technological.

• Viruses, bacteria, and parasites.

• Chemical, physical, and viruses.

• Biological, chemical, and physical.

What are the three groups at high risk of foodborne illnesses?

• Elderly, sick, and homeless.

• Elderly, those immune compromised, and young children.

• Elderly individuals, teens, and young children.

• Immune compromised, teens, and young children.

What does TCS stand for?

• Temperature Constant Source

• Time Can be Safe

• Temperature Control for Safety

• Time Temperature Control for Safety

What does TDZ stand for?

• Temperature Does Zap

• Time Danger Zone

• Temperature Dampen Zone

• Temperature Danger Zone