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

To protect yourself from foodborne illness,which is the BEST water temperature to wash your hands in?

One of the easiest and most effective ways to prevent foodborne illnesses is to:

Describe how the human body defends itself after contracting a foodborne illness,including how the body fends off potential infections when they are first encountered.How are foodborne illnesses diagnosed and treated?

Food ________ are natural or synthetic chemicals put into foods to enhance appearance,palatability,and/or quality.

Toxins are categorized by:

Green potatoes are toxic due to the presence of a:

Federal oversight of food-production facilities ________ in the last decades of the 20ᵗʰ century.

Multiple studies have proved that organic-grown foods are nutritionally superior to conventionally grown foods.

The average shelf life for most canned foods is at least ________ from the date of purchase.

Food additives are considered to be food in and of themselves.

An infectious protein called a(n)________ can lead to mad cow disease.

Which human organ system is MOST affected by toxic levels of mercury?

The BEST way you can reduce your risk of exposure to antibiotics,growth hormones,and toxic runoff from livestock feedlots is by:

The FDA has banned the use of rBGH in the United States.

Organic farmers can and do use pesticides.

One criteria for foods to be certified as organic is that they must contain at least ________ organically produced ingredients.

The majority of food infections are caused by bacteria and viruses.

A form of food sterilization that replaces the oxygen in a container of food with inert gas is called:

The process of genetic modification involves:

The standard rule for dealing with leftovers at home is: