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1. Incidental food additives include all of the following, except: a. Glass frag

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Question

1.    Incidental food additives include all of the following, except:

a. Glass fragments

c. Metal fragments

b. Nitrates

d. Insect parts

2.    Which of the following is not important to look for when buying foods, in terms of reducing your chances of getting food poisoning?

a. Dirt on the leaves of produce

c. Bulging cans

b. Broken seals or “popped” lids on jars

d. Thawed frozen items

3.    Which of the following should NOT be used to thaw frozen meats?

a. Refrigerator thawing

d. Responses a. and b.

b. Defrost at room temperature

e. Responses b. and c.

c. Defrost in microwave

4.    The most dangerous type of food poisoning, in terms of potential death, is caused by:

a. Salmonella

c. Staphylococcus

b. Botulinum

d. Streptococcus

5.    Someone who suffers a bout of diarrhea is almost always showing signs of food poisoning.

a. True

b. False

a. Glass fragments

c. Metal fragments

b. Nitrates

d. Insect parts

Explanation / Answer

Ans 1. C (Metals) Incidental additives are those substrances which added to food during harvesting, production, processing, storage or packaging. Such substances includes microwave packaging, plastic, glass, paper, tin and other substances from packages as well as chemicals from processing.

Ans 2. a (Dirt on the leaves)

Ans 3. b (Defrost at Room Temperature). The common modes for thawing methods for frozen items are refregerator thawing, defrost at room temperature, defrost in microwave, defrost in cold water, defrost in running water. Out of these methods defrost at room temperature for Pastries, breads, and fruits bit doesnot used for meat, vegetables.

Ans 4. b (Botulinum). The common organism cause food poisoning are listeria, salmonella, botulinum, vibrio. But most common and most dangerous food posoning is caused by Clostridium botulinum

Ans 5. b (false). Always diahhroea doesnot due to food poisoning.