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| <___% of US population is involved in agriculture. |
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| Large, single-product operations are called ______. |
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| What are some of the concerns for food safety? |
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-E. coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter, and others
-hormones in meat and rBST milk
-genetically modified foods
-antibiotics
-hormones
-pesticides
-imports
-commercial food processing: pink slime |
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| What are some of the characteristics of modern food system? |
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| -centralization, larger scale, more value-added products, new packaging, changes in eating habits & food prep behaviors, globalization of the food supply |
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| What are some of the factors impacting people's perception of risk? |
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-trust: less ofr corporate
-risk vs benefit
-control
-imposed vs voluntary
-natural vs result of human activity
-dread
-catastrophic vs chronic
-uncertainty
-personal risk
-familiar vs new
-old vs young
-personification
-fairness/equity |
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| Veterinarians have two general roles in food safety. What are they? |
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-assist in production of safe, wholesome food
-inform consumers of their responsibility in food safety |
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| Is the actual or reported incidence of foodborne disease higher? Estimate it. |
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-actual > reported
-approx 3000 deaths per year |
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| What is the most common foodborne disease agent? What about the second? |
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| What are the two major types of foodborne illness? Define them. |
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-Intoxication: ingestion of a toxin previously formed in food
-Infection: ingestion of a food containing a pathogenic organism which invades, grows, and produces tissue damage |
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| Does intoxication or infection have a short incubation period? |
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-intoxication have short or very rapid incubation periods
-infections tend to have longer incubation periods |
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| What are the common agents responsible for foodborne intoxication? |
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-Clostridium botulinum
-Staphyloccus aureus |
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| What are the common agents responsible for foodborne infection? |
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-Campylobacter jejuni
-Salmonella
-E. coli |
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| Most diarrheal diseases have an incubation period of __-__ hours. |
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