Food Safety Flashcards

(7 cards)

1
Q

Bacteria is:

A

Tiny living things, some of which cause food poisining

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2
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Contaminate

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make a food unsafe to eat by infecting it with microbes that will grow and multiply in it

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3
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Cross-contamination

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how microbes are spread from one place onto some food

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4
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Microbes

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tiny plants and animals that you can only see under a microscope (also called micro-organisms)

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5
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Moulds

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Tiny plants, simular to mushrooms

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6
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Pathogenic

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something that makes people il

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7
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Toxins

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Another name for poisons; if something is toxic, it is poisonous

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