Ch. 11&12
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Chemical hazards that may be present in food include:
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Marine toxins; Heavy metals; Monosodium glutamate; Mushroom toxins
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The most favored method for waste management is:
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Source reduction
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Which of the following is inappropriate for composting?
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Fats, oils, grease
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The term 'recycling' usually applies to all the following except:
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Discarding materials in landfills
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Hazards associated with sanitary landfill operations included:
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spreading of disease by scavenging animals; Leaching of nutrients into adjacent waterways; Air pollution; Release of VOC's
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Paper contributes the following percentage of the total municipal solid waste stream:
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30-40%
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A product (that could be used as a fuel) of anaerobic decomposition of:
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Methane
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The greatest danger of medical waste is to:
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Those who are occupationally exposed onsite
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The Love Canal site:
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All of the above
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The term leachate denotes:
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Water that collects contamination as it trickles through wastes
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In the FDA video viewed in class:
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Emphasized that sanitation and food temperature are critical to food safety.
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Which of the following is an interpretation of the Delaney Clause?
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Carcinogenic chemicals are not permitted in food in any amounts.
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A justification for the hazard analysis of critical control points is that:
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Health hazards can be introduced at any point from harvest to consumption.
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Foodborne illnesses:
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Are a major cause of morbidity in the U.S. and other countries of the world
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Four major categories of food hazards are:
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biological, chemical, physical, nutritional
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In the study Rat Hoarder:
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Was determined to be a nuisance resulting in an extensive removal and clean-up effort.
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The abbreviation GRAS stands for:
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Generally Regarded As Safe chemical additives
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Prions are:
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Regarded as the cause of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), a neurological disease in cattle.
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Food additives are used to achieve all the following except:
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Keep food free from rodent filth
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One of the agents responsible for many publicized outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness on cruise ships is:
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Norovirus
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An example of a hepatitis virus that can be transmitted by food is:
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HAV
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The U.S. agency tasked generally with assuring the safety of meat, poultry, and dried and liquid eggs is the:
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USDA
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The U.S. agency tasked generally with assuring the safety of all domestic and imported food with the exception of meats, poultry, and dried and liquid eggs is the:
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FDA
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The U.S. agency tasked generally with providing leadership in control of foodborne illness is the:
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CDC
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The method for investigating a foodborne outbreak include:
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Case identification; Descriptive epidemiologic study; Listing the food served; Collecting samples of blood, stools, vomit
