Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

BVetMed - Additional content > Pre-Harvest Food Risks > Flashcards

Pre-Harvest Food Risks Flashcards

1
Q

Give examples of hazards at farm level

A
  • e coli 0157
  • Pesticides
  • Water
  • Salmonella
  • low quality silage -> Listeria
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Define hazard

A

agent substance or action that has the potential to cause an undesired event

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Define risk

A

probablilty of an undesired event occourring and the consquences of the undesired event

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Other than food safety what may risk assessment be used to manage?

A

animal health, welfare and economics

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Give an example of practical application of risk assessment

A

BPEX (part of zoonoses national control programme ZNCP) online farm tool helps faremrs and vets develop farm specific salmonella control plans to refocus resouces away from standard salmonella sampling at abattoir level

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What are the aims/objectives of risk assessment and risk management?

A

Risk assessment - identify and prioritise relevant hazards and evalutate risk management strategies
Management - reduce or prevent the risk related ot the hazard

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What is the goal of preharvest food safety?

A

Minimise risk of food bourne illness

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Give examples of latent zoonoses

A
  • Salmonella
  • E. COli 0157
  • Campylobacter
    > do not necessarily cause disease in animals
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What are risk pathways? Give an eg. of a complex risk pathway

A

sequence of events that can lead to outcomes and can be the basis for prevenetion
- eg. cattle act as reservoir for shiga toxin producing E. COli, can be spread directly, via milk, water, underbooked minced meat, other foods or fomites

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Give examples of hazards in animal-derived foods

A

> Biological (bacteria, virus, parasite)
Chemical (environmental contaminants, illegal substances, natural toxins (mycotoxins))
Physical (glass, metal, non-edible ingredients)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What are the 6 key foodborne disease pathogens prioritised by the FSA?

A

Highest - Campylobacter (^incidence, ^ severity)

  • LIsteria monocytongnees (v incidence, ^ severity)
  • E. Coli 0175 (v incidence, ^ severity)
  • Salmonella (^incidence, ~severity)
  • Norovirus (^incidence, v severity)
  • CLostridium perfringens (v incidence, v severity)
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Who is responsible for animal food and water safety?

A

Feed manufacturers (eg. dioxin in Irish pork) OR farmer is sourcing ingredients to produce their own food (eg. poor silage production -> listeria)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Give examples of hazards that have entered the food chain through food or water

A
  • dioxin
  • Pb
  • Mycotoxin
  • Salmonella
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What are the main 2 serovars of salmonella that affect humans?

A

A. Enterica

S. Typhimurium

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Why is farm level control of salmonella particularly important?

A
  • can contaminate animla feed

- can affect eggs before they are fully formed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Which 2 species has salmonella control focussed on? How are other species treated wrt salmonella?

A
  • Poultry (v effectice control programme, vax)
  • Pigs (UK Zoonoses national control programme - reduction of risk but not as effective as poultry)
  • Other species = passive surveillance
17
Q

Define incident and incidents

A

> incident = first isolation and all subsequent isolations of the same serovar of salmonella from an animal or epidemiologically distninct group of animals occouring on a single premises within a 30d period
incidents = no of isolations (used in lieu of no. isolates as multiple isolats could be obtained from multiple samples taken in the same herd)

18
Q

What is the most commonly reported zoonosis in the EU? What is the main source?

A

Campylobacter - most common cause of food poisoning

  • broiler meat (65% samples chicken for salepositive for campylobacter) and untreated water, raw milk, raw meat
  • endemic in many species (cattle, sheep pigs)
19
Q

Outline the FSA campylobacter risk management programme

A

reduce % birds with high level infection from 26% - 10% by 2015
- on farm intervention inclues fly screens, feed and water addtives to v colonisation risk, vax, genetics

20
Q

Give 3 routes of infection of humans with E coli 0157. WHat is the main reservoir for infection?

A
  • consumption of contaminated food/water
  • direct contact animals./feaces
  • person-person spread
    > main reservoir = cattle but other ruminants can be infected
21
Q

What are the main risks with consuming raw milk?

A
  • listeria
  • E. Coli
    getting fat1
22
Q

Outline how the prevalence of TB has changed

A
  • compulsory eradication since 1950
  • levels decreasing, then incidence increased since 1980s
  • last 10 years costs ^
23
Q

How is TB testing rate decided?

A

In England split into nnual and 4 yearly testing regions based on county
In Scotland based on risk

24
Q

How many humans are infected with mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis yearly? What does this say about the risk to public health?

A

<40

- risk to public health low due to pastuerisation

25
Q

Is TB a notifiable disease?

A

yes

26
Q

WHat does risk management involve?

A
  • ID most cost effective management
  • Implementation
  • monitoring and follow up
27
Q

What are the 4 risk management stategies?

A
  1. transfer (insuring against events)
  2. avoidance (not performing an activity that is hazardous)
  3. mitigation/reduction (reduction of negative consequences to below target levels)
  4. acceptance (accept a level, only act if above this)
28
Q

What are the 2 tiers of risk management stategy at pre-harvest level?

A

1 - biosecurity, good farm practice, feed/water, vet drugs

2 - pathogen specific practice and technology (pro-biotics, vax)

29
Q

What problems are casued by innappropriate use of Abx>

A
  • resistance
  • allergies
  • processing problems cheese etc.
30
Q

What is the largest/most expensive statutory programme for management of a food safetly risk?

A

Bovine TB

  • test and kill
  • movement restriction
  • biosecurity
  • Vax? (NOT cattle)
31
Q

Give 2 egs. of succesful statutory programmes

A 
BSE
- test and remove
- feeding ban 
Salmonella in poultry 
- test and kill 
- vax
32
Q

What are the 2 aspects to traceability? Give an eg. that flagged up poor traceability in the food chain.

A
  • animal ID
  • tracing (british cattle movement scheme, PRIMO pigs)
    > 2009 - dioxin in food chain from Irish pork food contamination
33
Q

How may stress impact food safety

A

may activate shedding of pathogens (salmonella, campylobacter etc.)

34
Q

Is animal ID a legal requirement for animals to enter the foodchain? Who’s repsonsibility is this?

A
  • farmer responsible
  • slaighterhouse operators must request and check document
  • info on producer, health status of animal and farm, treatments, vet

BVetMed - Additional content (20 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions