Exam 19: Consumer Issues: Food Safety, Production, and Impact on the Environment

Tapeworms,flukes,and roundworms are examples of:

Food residues are:

Which of the following statements BEST describes what food intoxication results from?

Nitrates have been reliably shown to cause cancer in humans.

In the U.S. ,all confirmed cases of foodborne illness must be reported to the state health department,which in turn reports it to the:

The three common types of fungi are molds,mushrooms,and:

The two primary types of toxins associated with foodborne illness are neurotoxins and ________.

Viruses are smaller than bacteria and:

Licking uncooked batter from a spoon while preparing to bake it poses no real health threat.

The GRAS list stands for:

Mushrooms are MOST associated with:

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)is a foodborne disease also known as:

Which microorganism was responsible for the widespread contamination of produce in the winter of 2011/early 2012?

Flash freezing sushi kills only parasites,not necessarily bacteria or viruses.

Most food infections are caused by bacteria and:

Vitamins and minerals are added to foods as nutrients and preservatives.

All food additives are synthetic.

Norovirus is so common and contagious that it's frequently referred to as:

Which of the following food preservation methods destroys microorganisms by exposing foods to very high heat for a brief period of time?

One of the most common causes of waterborne illness worldwide is: