Microbial, Parasitic agents

Question 1

Who is responsible for regular contact with the regulatory agencies?

Answer 1

CDC

Question 2

Who is responsible for red meat, poultry and egg products

Answer 2

USDA-FSIS

Question 3

who is responsible for milk seafood and shell eggs?

Answer 3

FDA

Question 4

What are the 5 most commonly identified pathogens?

Answer 4

Salmonella

Ecoli

Campylobacter

Listeria monocytogenes

Toxoplasma

Question 5

What are the common microbial foodborne pathogens

Answer 5

C. botulinum

S. aureus

C perfringes

Ecoli
Vibrio

Salmonella

Campy

Listeria

Question 6

What are the bacteria causing disease due to production of a preformed toxin thats acute?

Answer 6

C botulinum

S aureus

Question 7

What are preformed toxins and what do you want to avoid?

Answer 7

Toxins present in food before food is ingested

food is then inadequately cooked or reheated

avoid a/b

Question 8

What is the most deadly food borne illness?

What is the incubation period

What is it associated with?

Answer 8

botulism

acute- 12 to 36 hrs after ingestion

canned vegetables and raw meats of sea animals in Canada and Alaksa

Question 9

Where is the most likely source for a staph infection?

Answer 9

Food workers who carry the bacteria and improperly handle food

Question 10

What bacteria produces an enterotoxin and is unique bc it is often caused by meat and poultry dishes that have been cooked and allowed to cool slowly

Answer 10

C perfringens

Question 11

What is the toxin that E coli produces and who does it infection and what are the c/s

Answer 11

verocytotoxins

young and elderly

hemorrhagic colitis, hemolytic uremic syndrome-renal failure

Question 12

what are the three spp of vibrio which are important in food borne illnesses

Answer 12

cholera

parahemolyticus

vulnificus

Question 13

which vibrio is associated with outbreaks among ppl after drinking contaminated water and foods due to inadequate sewage disposal and poor sanitation

Answer 13

cholera

Question 14

which virbrio has mild cholera like symptoms

and which one causes septicemia in humans almost always associated with eating raw oysters

Answer 14

parahemolyticus

vulnificus

Question 15

Which salmonella is in cows milk

Answer 15

dublin

Question 16

what parts of the broiler chicken have salmonella on them and which part of processing process allows the spread of the bacteria

Answer 16

stem feathers and feces

chill water

Question 17

which serotype of salmonella is most commonly associated with shell eggs. which part of the egg does it infect?

Answer 17

Enterica serovar

ovary-penetrate the egg shell

Question 18

which salmonella is the most common cause of salmonella food borne illness? how do you get it

Answer 18

S enteritidis

Question 19

which salmonella is the most common serotype in humans

Answer 19

typhimurium

Question 20

What is a bacteria that has a low infective dose that is also a common inhabitant of many spp which means any time food is improperly handled it can cause illness

Answer 20

campylobacter

Question 21

Which bacteria can cause a range of symptoms in humans from enteritis to extra-intestinal complications such as meningitis, UTI, and reactive arthritis

Answer 21

campy

Question 22

Which bact is a precursor to guillain-barre syndrome?

Answer 22

campy

Question 23

What are some other sources of campy?

Answer 23

raw or inadequately cooked foods

non-cholorinated water

unpasteurized milk

Question 24

Where will you find listeria?

Answer 24

Cheeses

Pork

Question 25

Who are particularly susceptible to listeria monocytogenes? what could the c/s be

Answer 25

newborns, pregnant women, immunosuppressed servere +/- meningitis and abortions

Question 26

which bacteria grows and multiplies under refrigeration

Answer 26

Listeria monocytogenes

Question 27

What bacteria are you worried about in raw milk?

Answer 27

L moncytogenes

Question 28

what are the CDC specfic recommendations for listeria?

Answer 28

follow the "sell by"/use-by dates

Question 29

Where will you see aeromonas hydrophilia infections?

Answer 29

seafood

Question 30

What is your tapeworm of beef?

Answer 30

Taenia saginata

Question 31

Tapeworm of pork?

Answer 31

taenia solium

Question 32

Tapeworm of fish?

Answer 32

Diphyllobothrium latum

Question 33

what parasite is in bear meat and are not killed when the carcass is frozen bc the meat contains an anti-freeze like protein that protects the bear from getting frostbite when they hibernate how do you kill this parasite?

Answer 33

Trichinellosis can't freeze it...so cook it

Question 34

swine that are fed uncooked garbage are improtant hosts for which parasite?

Answer 34

Trichinella spiralis

Question 35

Does the US test for trichinella?

Answer 35

no carcass inspection unless the pork is exported to the EU-and it will be tested the same way the EU does it-microscopically

Question 36

What is the temperature set by USDA to cook pork to get rid of trichina larva?

Answer 36

137F

Question 37

Are carcasses of cattle or hogs that are mildly/moderately infected with cysticerci of t. saginata or t. solium passed?

Answer 37

Yes!!! but they are restricted products if there is extensive involvement then they are condemned

Question 38

What temperature does the FDA recommend that raw fish to be cooked at?

Answer 38

145F

Question 39

Consuming raw salmon may have what parasite?

Answer 39

anisakis/codworm

Question 40

What is the most common zoonitic parasite of swine in the US?

Answer 40

Toxoplasma

Question 41

How can you prevent getting toxo?

Answer 41

wash hands after handling meat and it should be cooked to 151F don't feed cats undercooked meat bc of this too