FOOD-RELATED ILLNESS

Question 1

What is food-related illness?

Answer 1

is caused by consuming contaminated foods or beverages

Question 2

is caused by micro-organism that are carried by the food
but do not necessarily need the food to grow and survive

Answer 2

Food-borne disease

Question 3

is an illness caused by eating food that contains either
harmful substances or microorganisms that are living and growing on the food

Answer 3

Food poisoning

Question 4

can be caused by a small number of the micro-organisms

Answer 4

Food-borne disease

Question 5

very small life forms such as bacteria and viruses

Answer 5

micro-organism

Question 6

micro-organism that cause illnesses.

Answer 6

Pathogens

Question 7

are bacterial disease that can be spread by
contaminated food or water

Answer 7

Food – borne disease

Question 8

What are the two waterborne diseases?

Answer 8

typhoid and cholera

Question 9

The three major causes of food poisoning

Answer 9

bacteria, parasites, and viruses

Question 10

Common source of food poisoning?

Answer 10

Foods eaten raw

Question 11

Give me some of groups who may suffer severe symptoms

Answer 11

Very young children, Elderly people, People who are ill or frail, Pregnant women and mothers who are breastfeeding

Question 12

What cause the Typhoid and paratyphoid fever?

Answer 12

Salmonella typhi and salmonella paratyphi

Question 13

Incubation Period of Typhoid and paratyphoid fever?

Answer 13

1 to 3 weeks

Question 14

What cause the Hepatitis A (Infective Jaundice)?

Answer 14

Hepatitis Virus

Question 15

Contaminated shellfish and water supplies. Poor hygiene of a carrier.

Answer 15

Hepatitis A (Infective Jaundice)

Question 16

Incubation Period of Hepatitis A (Infective Jaundice)?

Answer 16

7 to 40 days

Question 17

What cause the Bovine Tuberculosis?

Answer 17

Mycobacterium bovis

Question 18

Humans are the main s o u r c e o f d i s e a s e through water or food contaminated by human feces or handled by a
carrier

Answer 18

Typhoid and paratyphoid fever

Question 19

Incubation Period of Bovine Tuberculosis?

Answer 19

4 to 6 weeks

Question 20

R aw mi l k a n d d a ir y products from infected a n i m a ls.
A i r b o r n e transmission between humans.

Answer 20

Bovine Tuberculosis

Question 21

What cause the Giardiasis?

Answer 21

Giarda Lamblia (parasite)

Question 22

Incubation Period of Giardiasis?

Answer 22

5 to 25 days

Question 23

water contaminated by human feces containing the cysts

Answer 23

Giardiasis

Question 24

Incubation Period of Cryptosporidiosis?

Answer 24

10 days

Question 25

What cause the Cryptosporidiosis?

Answer 25

Cryptosporidium (parasite)

Question 26

Direct contact with infected animals.

Answer 26

Cryptosporidiosis

Question 27

What cause the E. Coli Infection?

Answer 27

Escherichia Coli

Question 28

Incubation Period of E. Coli Infection?

Answer 28

12 to 24 hours

Question 29

Water, raw/undercooked meat, human and animal gut, sewage, untreated dairy products. Lives in the intestines of cattle and can contaminate meat.

Answer 29

E. Coli Infection

Question 30

What cause the Dysentery?

Answer 30

Shigella Sonnie

Question 31

Incubation Period of Dysentery?

Answer 31

1 to 7 days

Question 32

Water,milk, salads, flies and cockroaches.

Answer 32

Dysentery

Question 33

Incubation Period of Enteritis?

Answer 33

48 to 82 hours

Question 34

What cause the Enteritis?

Answer 34

Camplobacter Jejuni

Question 35

Raw poultry, raw meat, milk, offal, animals.

Answer 35

Enteritis

Question 36

What cause the Viral Gastroenteritis?

Answer 36

Virus

Question 37

Shellfish

Answer 37

Viral Gastroenteritis

Question 38

Incubation Period of Viral Gastroenteritis?

Answer 38

12 to 72 hours

Question 39

Incubation Period of Listeria infection?

Answer 39

7 days to several weeks

Question 40

What cause the Listeria infection?

Answer 40

Listeria monocytogenes

Question 41

Pate, salads, soft cheeses, cheeses made with unpasturised milk, chilled ready meals.

Answer 41

Listeria infection