Food poisoning Food borne illness FBI illness often caused by bacteria or virus transmitted by food o Infection organism itself grow inside your body o Intoxication a toxin or chemical produced by bacteria is the source o Toxico infection organism causes illness by producing toxin while of symptoms inside the intestine Generally two things happen Food is contaminated Food was mishandled almost always by temperature abuse Danger zone 4 140 degrees F Foods most often involved o Beef o Seafood o Produce o Ready to eat ready to heat ready to cook o Extensively handled foods Basic symptoms Vomiting Diarrhea Cramps Nausea Fever Who dies from food poisoning o Those already compromised o Very old or very young o Immune deficient Salmonella o Infection with fever nausea vomiting cramps diarrhea o Contamination with animal feces o Killed by cooking pasteurization Killed with heat Temperature abuse allows the organism to reproduce In raw or undercooked food o Intoxication contamination then temperature abuse o Found in sores infected skin nasal passages o Vomiting diarrhea cramps nausea drop in body temp chills o Easily killed by cooking o Food must be contaminated at room temp Staphylococcus aureus Staph Clostridium botulinum botulism o Deadly o Anaerobic spore found primarily in soil o Intoxication live organism produces a neurotoxin above 4 6 pH o Fastidious picky bacteria o Opt temp for growth 10 45 degrees C o Symptoms Dizziness fatigue nausea vomiting double vision difficulty swallowing respiratory failure death Clostridium perfringens foods o Infection and intoxication anaerobe doesn t present a hazard in raw o Toxico infection for a non invasive infection o Widespread in environment frequently occur in intestine of humans and animals Four big microbes o Salmonella o Staphylococcus areus o Clostridium botulinum o Clostridium perfringens Other microbes o E Coli o Bacillus Cereus o Campylobacter jejuni o Listeria o Human enteric viruses o Aflatoxin E coli o Infection o Hundreds found in colon of animals o Enter small intestine through fecal contamination of food o Only small amounts cause illness o Hemolytic uremic syndrome HUS kidney failure o Cause Improper slaughter Fecal contamination Inadequate cooking Bacillus Cereus o Aerobic spore heat stable toxin o Found in fried rice o Found in food improperly cooked and cooled Campylobacter jejuni o Intestinal tracts of poultry and farm animals o Bacterial diarrheal illness Listeria o Infection o Psychrophile can grow in the cold Human Enteric viruses o Via fecal contamination of water supply food or directly o Easily killed by heat o Hepatitis A o Norwalk like viruses Aflatoxin o Potent carcinogen o Products made from stored grains or legumes 1 What organisms can cause kidney failure in children 2 What organism can cause spontaneous abortion 3 What organism is associated with runny sores 4 What organism produces a toxin that is stable to heat 5 What organism is usually associated with poultry products 6 Which of the following forms spores a E Coli a Listeria a Staph a Staph a Salmonella a C Botulinum foods a C Botulinum a listeria a a 8 What pathogen can grow in the cold 9 What organism has a high death rate 10 What is a pathogen an infection an intoxication 11 What is the danger zone of temperature for food storage 7 What organism is associated with deaths from under processed home canned