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Flashcards by jane stainer, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by jane stainer
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Food pests | Animals or insects which contaminate or damage food. |
| Helpful bacteria | Bacteria which help digest the food we eat, make foods such as cheese and yoghurt, develop new foods and treat sewage to make it safe. |
| High-risk foods | Foods which bacteria are most likely to grow on. |
| Cross contamination | Passing bacteria from one item to another indirectly (e.g. passing salmonella from raw meat to a piece of fruit on a knife used to cut both). |
| What are High Risk Foods | These foods are usually high in protein and moist. Chicken Meat Milk Shellfish Eggs rice |
| Low Risk Foods are.. | Bacteria are not able to multiply in dry food or food containing high concentrations of sugar, salt, acid (vinegar - pickled) and other preservatives. |
| Cross-contamination is | The transfer of bacteria from contaminated food (usually raw) to ready to eat foods using objects (vehicles). |
| Physical contamination. State 4 things that may occur this | Glass Metal Nails Jewellery Cigarettes Money Packaging |
| Vehicles in handling food are.. | Any object (including people) on which bacteria can move from one place to another. Cutlery Hands |
| Salmonella Sources:- | raw eggs, raw poultry, rodents, flies, sewage. |
| Salmonella Typical symptoms: | Abdominal pain, diarrhoea, vomiting and fever. |
| Staphylococcus Aureus Sources: | Human nose, mouth, skin, boils and cuts. Raw milk from cows or goats. Coughing, sneezing, spitting and spots |
| Clostridium Botulinum Sources: | Soil and root vegetables. |
| Bacteria need what four things to grow | Food, warmth, moisture and time |
| Symptoms of Food Poisoning | Abdominal Pain – stomach-ache Diarrhoea – ‘the runs’ Vomiting – being sick Nausea – the feeling of sickness Fever – a raised temperature |
| High-Risk Foods | Bacteria really like foods which are moist & high in protein. |
| name any examples of High-Risk Foods? | Meat Fish Poultry Dairy products Eggs Gravies |
| How Bacteria Multiply | Reproduce rapidly by dividing in to two. BINARY FISSION |
| How do you get food poisoning? | Food poisoning is an illness you get by consuming (eating) contaminated food |
| Name the four things bacteria need to multiply. | Food+Moisture+Warmth+Time |
| Salmonella found in | Chicken and eggs |
| E coli found in | raw meats and raw vegetables |
| listeria found in.... | soft cheese and meats. |
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