1. Food Borne Illness

2. Food-Borne Illness
Food-borne illness: is a results from eating contaminated foods containing poisonous toxins.
Fever, headache and digestive troubles are symptoms of food-borne illness.
Contaminated food will often look and smell normal. It may not always have off-odors or off-flavors.
When in doubt, throw it out.

3. List sources of microbes
Microbe: is anything too small to be visible to the naked eye.
3 found in food
Bacteria
Viruses
fungi (yeast and mold).
Foods like milk/dairy, meat, fish, eggs, poultry, shellfish/crustaceans, baked potatoes, tofu, sprouts, cooked rice, beans and vegetables, sliced melons or tomatoes and lettuce are susceptible to bacterial growth.

4. FBI: The MOST unwanted

5. FBI’s: the most UNWANTED

6. Can I get a Food-Borne Illness?
Anyone could be susceptible to food-borne illness, particularly if your immune system is weak. But there are special populations of people who are most vulnerable to FBI’s:
I=Immuno-compromised
(allergies, chronic illness, etc…)
Y= Young
(children under 5)
O= Old
(over age 65)
P=Pregnant

7. Prevent food-borne illness contamination
Wash hands before putting on gloves and when changing to a new pair of gloves.
Only use single-use gloves when handling food. Gloves should fit your hand.
Change gloves when they get dirty or torn, before beginning a new task, or after handling raw meat, seafood, and poultry.
Wear bandages over wounds and use a water-proof finger-cover over bandages and under gloves.

8. Cross Contamination:
the process by which bacteria or other microorganisms are unintentionally transferred from one substance or object to another, with harmful effect.

9. Prevention Techniques
 A large majority of food-borne illnesses can be prevented by practicing proper hand washing.
Throw away any food with an off odor and do not taste or use.
Do not buy or use bulging cans.
Frequently clean and sanitize work surfaces.

10. Avoid cross contamination
Never place cooked food on a plate which has previously held raw meat, poultry or seafood.
Always wash hands, cutting boards, etc. with hot soapy water after they come in contact with raw meat, poultry or seafood

11. The DANGER ZONE DANGER ZONE 41-135˚F 165 ˚F=Poultry, leftovers
155 ˚F=Ground meats
145˚F=Seafood, solid cuts
DANGER ZONE
41-135˚F
40˚F and below=cold storage
32˚F = Freezer temperature

12. Temperature Danger Zone
Cooking food to the correct temperature will kill microorganisms.
Foods should not be in the TDZ for more than 2 hours.
Foods held in the danger zone for longer than 4 hours should be thrown out.

13. Temperature Controls for Safety (TCS)
This is foods that are temperature sensitive, need to be refrigerated.
Any type of food can be contaminated, but some types allow more microbe/pathogen growth.
The best way to control pathogen growth in these items is to control time and temperature.

14. TCS food examples
Foods like milk/dairy, meat, fish, eggs, poultry, shellfish/crustaceans, baked potatoes, tofu, sprouts, cooked rice, beans and vegetables, sliced melons or tomatoes and lettuce are susceptible to bacterial growth.