The physiological basis and effects of food poisoning

Contaminate means

• Making a food unsafe to eat by allowing it to come into contact with microbes and chemicals that make it unfit to eat

• How microbes are spread from one place or food onto food, causing contamination.

• Using foods that cause allergy without listing them on the label

• Causing food poisoning by storing food in the incorrect containers

Moulds are

• Tiny organisms related to mushrooms

• Another name for poisons

• Single celled fungi that cause fermentation

• Chemicals unsafe for food use

Food spoilage is

• When food is unfit or unsafe to eat

• When food is beyond the best before date

• When food contains bacteria

• When food has been cross contaminated

Bacteria that can cause illness in people are called

Micro-organisms that can contaminate foods include bacteria, _______________, and moulds

Most micro-organisms are spread onto food through __________________________

The main cause of food poisoning are ______________________

Another term for micro-organisms is?

• microbes

• miniscules

• yeasts

• viruses

Yeasts make foods?

• ferment

• decay

• go stale

• change colour

Toxins are another name for?

• Poisons

• Bacteria

• Yeasts

• Moulds