FSN Unit 2&3 Exam Study Guide

a disease, such as an infection or intoxication, transmitted to people through food contaminated with microorganisms or their toxins, including allergic reactions where food is a carrier of an allergen

• a foodborne illness

• a Biological contaminant

• a Foodborne-illness outbreak

• contamination

Chemical substances that can contaminate food, such as cleaners, sanitizers, polishes, machine lubricants, and toxic metals that leach from cookware and equipment.

• Chemical Contaminants

• Biological Contaminants

• Physical Contaminants

Foreign objects that can accidentally get into food and contaminate it, such as hair, dirt, metal staples, and broken glass, as well as naturally-occurring objects, such as bones in fillets.

• Chemical Contaminants

• Biological Contaminants

• Physical Contaminants

An incident in which two or more people get the same illness after eating the same food is a

• foodborne illness outbreak

• foodborne illness

• contamination

• biological contaminant

The greatest threat to food safety is an Illness-caused by pathogens that can contaminate food.  What type of contaminant is that?

• Biological

• Chemical

• Physical

Allowing food to remain too long at a temperature favorable for the growth of foodborne microorganisms is

• time-temperature abuse

• a biological contaminant

• a foodborne illness outbreak

• reasonable

What bacteria causes a slimy white or pink discoloration that grows in acidic food with low water activity?

• yeast

• mold

• fungi

• parasites

A biological contaminant that must have a host to survive and can be found in the feces of animals and people.

• yeast

• mold

• fungi

• parasites

The Temperature Danger Zone is

• less than 40*

• 41*-135*

• 125*-200*

• higher than 212*

FAT TOM is that acronym used to remember the 6 conditions needed for pathogens to grow.  Which of the following lists all 6?

• food, acidity, temperature, time, oxygen, moisture

• food, antihistamine, temperature, time, oxygen, movement

• fat, acidity, temperature, time, oxygen, moisture

• fat, acidity, temperature, time, oxygen, movement