Question

• Define foodborne illness in your own words
• Identify a favorite food that would be classified as a potentially hazardous food
• Give examples of cross-contamination of food
• Provide at least one recommendation from each of the 4 core practices (e.g. prior to cooking, store chicken in refrigerator at 40 F or lower).

Answer 1

1. Define food borne illness

Foodborne disease defined as an illness caused by any food that is contaminated with virus , bacteria , paracites , fungi or toxines of these organisms.

2. Raw or cooked meat or foods containing meat such as casserole and curry.

3. Cross contamination of food

There are three types of cross contamination of food

• Food to food, eg; touching raw meat and preparing vegetable without washing hands in between the tsks.
• Equipment to food, eg; using the same cutting bord and knife for raw meat and vegetables.
• People to food , eg; a person cough into his hands and continue to preparing meals without hand washing.