o Pathogens o Bacteria o Parasites o Viruses Pathogens: Microorganisms that cause illnesses (virus‚ bacteria‚ parasites and fungi) Pathogens need the following things to grow (FAT TOM): 1. Food: meat‚ poultry‚ dairy products and eggs 2. Acidity: pathogens grow best in food with little or no acid (pH between 4.6-7.5) 3. Temperature: pathogens grow well in the TEMPERATURE DANGER ZONE (41-135 degrees F) 4. Time: After 4 hours‚ pathogens will grow
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UiTM PULAU PINANG FOOD HYGIENE HTF 110 ASSIGNMENT PERSONAL HYGIENE IN FOOD FLOW HM 110 1A1 PREPARED BY: AQILAH NADIRAH ABD RAHMAN 2011846476 HM 110 1A1 AUDREY FIONA KINSON 2011898778 HM 110 1A1 FATEN NUR SYAHIRAH ZAINOL FADZI 2011248872 HM 110 1A1 MUHAMMAD HAZWAN SAMANURI 2011470684 HM 110 1A2 NADIA LIYANA ROSLAN 2011819222 HM 110 1A1 NUR AKMA SYUHADA MAT SAID
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Giardia or Giardiasis What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. Giardia is a flagellated (meaning to have whip-like appendages for movement) protozoan that attaches itself to the lining of the upper intestinal tract of a host animal. Giardia lamlia is the parasite also known as G. intestinalis or G. duodenalis and was first observed by Anton van Leeuwenhoek in 1681. Anton van Leeuwenhoek also invented
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Holly Serna Sharon Eden BIO 186-01 October 27‚ 2011 Clostridium perfringens Clostridium perfringens is not the 24 hour flu although it is often confused with being. It is one of the most wide spread foodborne pathogens in the world‚ commonly referred to as the "food service bug" 1. The type A strain of C. perfringens is caused by a bacterial infection that releases alpha-toxins and is associated with undercooked and improperly handled meats. This type of food poisoning‚ although usually
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BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS Biological hazard are acquired from disease causing microorganism and the poisonous toxins they may produce. Biological hazard are far the most dangerous foodborne hazard in the food service and food retail businesses. These includes harmful microorganism seen only in the microscope 1. BACTERIA 2.VIRUSES 3. PARASITES 4. MOLDS 5. YEAST Other living organism are: • Insects: RODENTS FARM ANIMAL DOMESTIC PETS BIRDS FISH PLANTS TRANSMIT DISEASE TO HUMAN BEING
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Acrylamide: What is acrylamide? Acrylamide is a chemical used mainly in certain industrial processes‚ such as in producing paper‚ dyes‚ and plastics‚ and in treating drinking water and wastewater. It is found in small amounts in some consumer products‚ such as caulk‚ food packaging‚ and some adhesives. Acrylamide is also found in cigarette smoke. Acrylamide can also form in some starchy foods during high-temperature cooking processes‚ such as frying‚ roasting‚ and baking. Acrylamide forms from
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Animals such as cows‚ pigs‚ and chickens are packed into incredibly small areas‚ fed additive ingredients for fattening‚ and enduring torturous conditions. Additionally‚ those consuming the meat have a higher chance of contracting bacteria and pathogens as a result of an increase in contamination. The corporations are also putting the small town farmer out of work and into debt. Now that companies that practice these unethical processes in the factory farming industry have become such a dominant
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Introduction: Every year millions of people suffer from food poisoning due to uncontrolled application of agricultural chemicals‚ environmental contamination‚ use of illegal additives ‚ microbiological hazards and others but as a result of increasing awareness of consumers and their demands to provide them with safe‚ wholesome and high quality food have force many food premises to carry out a broad assessment and re-organize their systems of food control in turn to improve efficiency ‚ rationalization
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Genetics: the science of heredity that includes the study of what genes are‚ how they carry info‚ how they are replicated and passed to subsequent generations of cells or passed between organisms‚ and how the expression of their info within an organism determines the particular characteristics of that organism. Genome: the cell’s genetic information that includes it’s plasmids and chromosome. Chromosomes: structures containing DNA that physically carry hereditary info‚ contain the genes Genes:
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BIO 140 – Norovirus Whenever I started my job working as a certified nursing assistant at a nursing home I had become familiar with the Norovirus. Little did I know I had been infected with it before but I was given a different name from what I was sick from. The Norovirus also named NoV is the leading cause of illness from contaminated food or water in the U.S. If you are not familiar with the name Norovirus you may of heard of many of its other names it referred as. These
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