Professional Exam
Hazard
biological, chemical, or physical properties that may cause an unacceptable
consumer risk
Contaminants
An impurity (not necessarily making food unsafe but should not be in food; not
defined by food code)
Risk
Likelihood that an adverse health effect will occur within a population as a result of a
hazard (food code definition)
Foodborne disease or Foodborne illness (FBI)
Illness or disease carried or transmitted to people by food
Foodborne disease outbreak
, Occurrence of 2 or more cases of similar illness resulting from ingestion of a
common food (food code definition)
Foodborne Outbreak (3 conditions met)
- 2 or more people (exception C.botulinum)
- Same food
- Same illness
Confirmed disease outbreak
Lab analysis identifies causative agent and epidemiological data implicates a good
as the source of illness
How causative agent identified
Sample taken from a patient to identify (typically stool, sometimes blood)
Is it required to identify causative agent from food source?
May be able to identify but not required. Food may no longer be available for
sampling after outbreak is discovered