WorksheetsFood related causes of ill health - key terms
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
(a)
Micro-organisms that can contaminate foods include bacteria, (a) , and moulds
Most micro-organisms are spread onto food through (a)
The main cause of food poisoning are (a)
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
