Food Safety And Hygiene

Question 0

What does physical contamination include

Answer 0

Pieces of metal or plastic entering food during production. Parts of food products, which should have been removed during processing eg. Pips, stones, shell, bones or stalks, can contaminate the end product.

Question 1

Three types of food contamination

Answer 1

Physical, chemical and micro organism

Question 2

Physical contamination also includes

Answer 2

Fragments of food packaging or objects from careless food handling such as plasters, jewellery and hair. Pets can also contaminate food with their droppings, saliva and urine.

Question 3

What does chemical contamination include?

Answer 3

Metal residues, pesticides, bleached and cleaning materials.

Question 4

Why is the correct storage of cleaning products important

Answer 4

As they can taint food products

Question 5

The Careless use of chemicals in a food preparation environment could contaminate food. Expand

Answer 5

Chemicals used in agriculture and farming methods could leave residues in food products such as antibiotics ad hormones in meat. The use of food additives in incorrect quantities can pose a risk of health.

Question 6

Microorganism contamination: explain food change during storage

Answer 6

The process can affect the colour, flavour, texture and appearance of food. Usually the changes in food are harmless and sometimes they are desirable - softer fruit or tenderising red meat.

Question 7

Micro-organism contamination: food changes during storage. The changes are caused by microorganisms and enzymes. What are microorganisms

Answer 7

Are very small living organisms which cannot be seen with a microscope. They include yeasts, viruses, moulds and bacteria.

Question 8

Four types of microorganisms

Answer 8

Moulds yeasts viruses and bacteria

Question 9

What is the name of the bacteria which are harmful to health

Answer 9

Pathogenic bacteria

Question 10

Food poisoning can be caused by eating food which is contaminated with live bacteria. What can it also be caused by

Answer 10

Eating the waste products, spores or the toxins which bacteria may produce

Question 11

What are moulds

Answer 11

Are tiny plants or fungi which grown on the surface of food.

Question 12

What do moulds produce

Answer 12

Spores which can travel in the air to generate new growths.

Question 13

What conditions to mould prefer to multiply

Answer 13

Warm and moist

Question 14

When can moulds be used

Answer 14

Food industry to produce speciality cheeses such as Stilton, Roquefort or Camembert

Question 15

Generally, moulds are harmless but some can produce what?

Answer 15

Mycotoxins, which can be dangerous.

Question 16

What are mycotoxins and what can be contaminated with it

Answer 16

Naturally occurring toxins produced by moulds. Damp cereal may be contaminated with mycotoxins

Question 17

Explain yeasts

Answer 17

Don’t cause food poisoning, but some types are capable of causing food spoilage. They are found naturally in the environment as require warn, moist conditions to reproduce. Yeasts are essential for the production of bread, wines and beers

Question 18

What are viruses

Answer 18

Are not usually considered to be living organisms as they consist of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat. They can cause disease as they destroy living cells.

Question 19

What carries viruses

Answer 19

Humans, animals, birds, water and sewage

Question 20

What do viruses cause

Answer 20

Significant cause of food borne illnesses

Question 21

What is bacteria

Answer 21

Are single felled micro organisms found in water, air, soil, people and animals.