Intro to Foodborne Disease

Question 1

What is a major cause of malnutrition in infants and young children?

Answer 1

Diarrhea

Question 2

Most cases of foodborne disease are

Answer 2

Sporadic

Question 3

What does the number and severity of cases depend on?

Answer 3

Type of microbe
Infectious dose
Effectiveness of processing methods to reduce microbes
Handling of food on the consumer/cooking end

Question 4

Foodborne Illnesses

Answer 4

Disease, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food

Question 5

Foodborne illness outbreak

Answer 5

The occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from the ingestion of a common food

Question 6

Foodborne Hazard

Answer 6

A biological, chemical or physical (Foreign object) property that may cause an unacceptable health risk to the consumer

Question 7

What are examples of physical hazards?

Answer 7

Needles

Broken pieces of machinery

Question 8

What are examples of toxins?

Answer 8

Biological, chemical or heavy metals

Drug residues

Question 9

What are the top 5 pathogens causing domestically acquired foodborne illness

Answer 9

Norovirus
Salmonella, nontyphoidal
Clostridium perfringens
Campylobacter spp. 
Staphylococcus aureus

Question 10

What are the four steps of the food production chain?

Answer 10

Production
Processing
Distribution
Preparation

Question 11

What does Production include?

Answer 11

Growing or raising

Caught or harvested from the wild

Question 12

What does distribution include?

Answer 12

Getting food from processor to consumer or food service facility

Question 13

What does Food Safety include?

Answer 13

Making sure food is safe
Prevent hazards from entering the food chain
Remove hazard containing food
Inactivate, neutralize or reduce hazards

Question 14

Food quality

Answer 14

All other attributes that affect a products value

Question 15

What is included in on Farm Food Safety?

Answer 15

Herd/Flock Health Programs
Biosecurity, feed security
Appropriate antimicrobial Use
Animal Welfare

Question 16

Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)

Answer 16

Inter government body that coordinates food standards at the international level
Main objectives are to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in food trade

Question 17

What are the 5 National Food Control Components?

Answer 17

Food law and Regulation
Food Control Management
Inspection Services
Lab Services: Food Monitoring and Epidemiological Data
Information, Education, Communication, and Training

Question 18

Food Law and Regulations

Answer 18

Conisits of legal definitions of unsafe food and the prescription of enforcement tools for removing unsafe food from commerce and punishing responsible parties

Question 19

What are the 2 primary federal inspection services?

Answer 19

USDA-FSIS

FDA

Question 20

Who are the US Federal agencies involved with Food safety?

Answer 20

USDA
FDA
National Marine Fisheries Service 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Homeland Security

Question 21

What does the USDA regulate?

Answer 21

Meat
Poultry
Catfish
Products containing meat and poultry
Safety of egg products and IMPORTED shell eggs
Foods, Safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled

Question 22

What does the FDA regulate?

Answer 22

Shell egg safety
Milk Pasteurization 
Seafood (except catfish)
Fruits/Vegetables
Processed foods
Everything else

Question 23

When does the USDA Inspect food?

Answer 23

before it is sold

Inspects plants yearly

Question 24

When does the FDA inspect?

Answer 24

when there is a problem

Does not inspect plants yearly

Question 25

What kind of recalls does the USDA have?

Answer 25

Voluntary recalls

Question 26

What kind of recalls does the FDA have?

Answer 26

Mandatory Recalls

Question 27

What is included in State Food Control Systems?

Answer 27

Food Law and regulations Food Control Management Inspection Services Laboratory Services: Food Monitoring and Epidemiological Data