EHST 2110 Food & Food Quality Exam
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Viruses - ANSWER - Don't require a potentially hazardous food to get around or reproduce
What are the two main viruses that cause foodborne viral infections? - ANSWER - Norovirus &
Hepatitis A
What is the key to germ prevention? - ANSWER - Hand washing
Hepatitis A - ANSWER - Only vaccine-preventable foodborne disease
What virus has a low infectious dose and is generally assoc. w/ cruise ships? - ANSWER -
Norovirus
Cyclospora cayetanensis definition - ANSWER - Microscopic worm found in food and food
products
What disease-causing organism is generally associated with raspberries? - ANSWER -
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Giardia lambia - ANSWER - Bacteria found in contaminated water
Trichinosis - ANSWER - Generally assoc. w/ undercooked pork and beef
Food Additives - ANSWER - Substances intentionally added to food to modify taste, color,
texture, nutritive value, appearance & resistance to deterioration
, Chinese Restaurant Syndrome - ANSWER - First described in 1968 in people who had eaten
Chinese food on which MSG had been lavished
What are the temperatures for the danger zone? - ANSWER - Anything in between 41-135
degrees Fahrenheit
4 methods of cooling hot foods - ANSWER - Ice Water Bath, Cold Paddles, Shallow Pans
&Reduce the size of food
What should one do with leftovers? - ANSWER - Reheat rapidly to 165 degrees fahrenheit for
15 seconds, within 2 hours
4 approved food thawing methods - ANSWER - Cool running water 70 degrees fahrenheit,
Bottom of the refrigerator, Microwave (if food will be cooked immediately) & Part of the cooking
process
Program designed for NASA space program - ANSWER - HACCP
Who developed HACCP - ANSWER - Pillsbury Company
What does HACCP stand for? - ANSWER - Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
What is the #1 cause of Foodborne Illness? - ANSWER - Failing to cool foods properly
What do you do to avoid cross-contamination? - ANSWER - Store raw foods below cooked
foods
Adulteration - ANSWER - The deliberate addition of inferior or cheaper materials to a pure food
product in order to stretch out supplies & increase profit
What happened as a result of adulteration? - ANSWER - Congress passed the Pure Food and
Drugs Act
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