REHS FOOD EXAMS SCRIPT 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Aminotruazole - ✔✔Weed killing agent that was sometimes consumed by livestock,
carcinogenic.
✔✔Nitrates and Nitrites - ✔✔Used to preserve meat.
✔✔Dynamiting - ✔✔Adding sodium nitrate to keep meat looking red.
✔✔Indirect Additives - ✔✔contaminants in food that are usually at a minimal level, often
come from packaging.
✔✔MSG - ✔✔Monosodium Glutamate, a sodium salt of the amino acid glutamic acid
that enhances the flavor of certain foods. Commonly added to Chinese food, canned
vegetables, soups and processed meats. Cause of Chinese restaurant syndrome,
causes cancer.
✔✔Foodborne Illness - ✔✔Any syndrome resulting from the ingestion of food.
✔✔Foodborne Intoxication - ✔✔Illness cause by eating food containing poisonous
chemicals or toxins, organic or inorganic
✔✔Staph aureus, Bacillus cereus, clostridium botulinum - ✔✔cause foodborne
intoxication
✔✔Foodborne infection - ✔✔an illness caused by eating food containing living
pathogenic organisms.
✔✔Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeia - ✔✔Bacteria that can cause foodborne
infections
✔✔Toxin-mediated Foodborne Infection - ✔✔An illness caused by pathogenic
organisms that produce toxins
✔✔E. coli, Clostridium - ✔✔Can lead to toxin-mediated foodborne infections
✔✔72 Hours - ✔✔The length of time it can take for the onset of foodborne illness
symptoms to appear.
✔✔Home - ✔✔Where most foodborne illnesses occur.
✔✔Fast - ✔✔Chemical food poisonings usually have a fast onset of symptoms.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Aminotruazole - ✔✔Weed killing agent that was sometimes consumed by livestock,
carcinogenic.
✔✔Nitrates and Nitrites - ✔✔Used to preserve meat.
✔✔Dynamiting - ✔✔Adding sodium nitrate to keep meat looking red.
✔✔Indirect Additives - ✔✔contaminants in food that are usually at a minimal level, often
come from packaging.
✔✔MSG - ✔✔Monosodium Glutamate, a sodium salt of the amino acid glutamic acid
that enhances the flavor of certain foods. Commonly added to Chinese food, canned
vegetables, soups and processed meats. Cause of Chinese restaurant syndrome,
causes cancer.
✔✔Foodborne Illness - ✔✔Any syndrome resulting from the ingestion of food.
✔✔Foodborne Intoxication - ✔✔Illness cause by eating food containing poisonous
chemicals or toxins, organic or inorganic
✔✔Staph aureus, Bacillus cereus, clostridium botulinum - ✔✔cause foodborne
intoxication
✔✔Foodborne infection - ✔✔an illness caused by eating food containing living
pathogenic organisms.
✔✔Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeia - ✔✔Bacteria that can cause foodborne
infections
✔✔Toxin-mediated Foodborne Infection - ✔✔An illness caused by pathogenic
organisms that produce toxins
✔✔E. coli, Clostridium - ✔✔Can lead to toxin-mediated foodborne infections
✔✔72 Hours - ✔✔The length of time it can take for the onset of foodborne illness
symptoms to appear.
✔✔Home - ✔✔Where most foodborne illnesses occur.
✔✔Fast - ✔✔Chemical food poisonings usually have a fast onset of symptoms.
