Food Microbiology exam questions
and answers graded A+
Food microbiology - ANS✅✅Study of the biochemical, physiological, and ecological interactions of
beneficial and harmful microorganism within food
Early methods of food preservation - ANS✅✅Reducing water content, using solar drying, salting,
storage in conc. sugars, and smoking over fire
Roughly 1/3 of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year - approx. 1.3
billion tones - gets lost or wasted. - ANS✅✅Food losses and waste amounts to roughly us $680
billion in industrialized countries and us$310 billion in developing countries
US food and drug administration (fda), The Food safety and inspection service (fsis), The National
marine fisheries service, the environmental protection agency (EPA) - ANS✅✅Primary role: federal
agencies responsible for regulating the surety of the U.S. Food supply both domestically produced
and imported foods
Auxiliary role: through its surveillance and investigations of foodborne disease outbreaks -
ANS✅✅Centers for disease control and prevention (cdc)
US FDA - ANS✅✅Responsible for ensuring that domestic and imported food products except for
most meats and poultry are sure, primary federal agency responsible for ensuring that all domestic
and imported seafood products
USDA -food safety and inspection service(fsis) - ANS✅✅Regulates thesafety whole someness, and
proper labeling of most domestic and imported meat and poultry sold for human consumption
US EPA - ANS✅✅Responsible for ensuring that the chemicals used on food crops do not endanger
public health
CDC - ANS✅✅Responsible for:
1)monitoring, identifying, and investigating foodborne disease problems to determine the
contributing factors
2) working with other gov agencies to develop control methods
and answers graded A+
Food microbiology - ANS✅✅Study of the biochemical, physiological, and ecological interactions of
beneficial and harmful microorganism within food
Early methods of food preservation - ANS✅✅Reducing water content, using solar drying, salting,
storage in conc. sugars, and smoking over fire
Roughly 1/3 of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year - approx. 1.3
billion tones - gets lost or wasted. - ANS✅✅Food losses and waste amounts to roughly us $680
billion in industrialized countries and us$310 billion in developing countries
US food and drug administration (fda), The Food safety and inspection service (fsis), The National
marine fisheries service, the environmental protection agency (EPA) - ANS✅✅Primary role: federal
agencies responsible for regulating the surety of the U.S. Food supply both domestically produced
and imported foods
Auxiliary role: through its surveillance and investigations of foodborne disease outbreaks -
ANS✅✅Centers for disease control and prevention (cdc)
US FDA - ANS✅✅Responsible for ensuring that domestic and imported food products except for
most meats and poultry are sure, primary federal agency responsible for ensuring that all domestic
and imported seafood products
USDA -food safety and inspection service(fsis) - ANS✅✅Regulates thesafety whole someness, and
proper labeling of most domestic and imported meat and poultry sold for human consumption
US EPA - ANS✅✅Responsible for ensuring that the chemicals used on food crops do not endanger
public health
CDC - ANS✅✅Responsible for:
1)monitoring, identifying, and investigating foodborne disease problems to determine the
contributing factors
2) working with other gov agencies to develop control methods
