Chapter 12 Food Safety Concerns Quiz/Assessment

The USDA recommends that a salmon steak be cooked until its internal temperature is at least

145 degrees

Which of the following practices is the most reliable way of sanitizing impure water?

Boiling the water

Felicia wants to follow the "Check Your Steps" actions for food safety. When she prepares high-risk foods, she avoids cross contamination, cooks raw foods to their safe internal temperatures, and chills leftovers within 30 minutes after serving them. After eating one of her meals, Felicia and her dinner guests developed a food-borne illness. Based on this information, which step did she fail to take?

Clean

Infants should not be fed honey because it can contain ________.

Clostridium botulinum spores

________ are vermin that often transmit pathogens to food.

Cockroaches

Which of the following foods is not a likely source of food-borne pathogens?

Dried apricots

Which federal agency regulates the proper use of pesticides?

EPA

________ are vermin than often transmit pathogens to food.

Flies

Jacob's Asiatic Meat Company, which is located in California, imports meat, poultry, and pork products from several Asian countries and distributes the products for sale throughout the United States. Jacob's company is subject to the regulations of the ________.

Food Safety and Inspection Service

Kevin and Neill spent a couple of days camping next to a lake in a national park. While at the campsite, they swam in the lake and noticed several trees near their campsite had been damaged by beavers. A couple of weeks after they returned home, both young men began to lose weight and have abdominal pain and diarrhea. Based on this information, the emergency room doctor who treated Kevin suspected his patient had become infected with ________.

Giardia

How can you tell if a food has been irradiated to preserve it?

Look for the Radura symbol on the package

________ infection is the most common food-borne illness in the United States.

Norovirus

While at a seafood restaurant, Jenny ate some raw oysters on the half shell. Within 24 hours, she developed a high fever that was accompanied by severe abdominal pain and diarrhea. Based on this information, Jenny probably is infected with ________.

Vibrio fulnificus

Home-canned low-acid foods, such as beans and corn, may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that produces a dangerous toxin. To destroy the toxin, the food should be ________.

boiled for 10 minutes before tasting or eating

Franco made dinner for his roommates. The meal included a baked cut-up chicken, fruit salad, and stir-fried rice with mixed vegetables. About 8 hours after eating dinner, Franco and his roommates experienced nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, and diarrhea. Based on this information, Franco probably ________.

did not wash the knife that he used to cut up the chicken before using it to cut up the fruit

After a natural disaster, it is safe to drink the fluid from ________.

intact cans of fruit

A farmer wants to control crop pests by using biologically based pesticides to attract and trap insect pests. This method of pest control is a form of ________.

integrated pest management

Jillian is an American who is staying in a small town in Guatemala, Central America. To avoid traveler's diarrhea, Jillian should ________.

not drink fresh water

During a natural disaster, it is safe to drink the water from ________.

the water tank of an intact toilet

A farmer in Iowa wants to control crop pests by using integrated pest management techniques. Based on this information, the farmer will use ________.

viruses that attack a variety of weeds