Unit 5: Considering Food Safety Answers

Helena goes to the hospital, complaining of fever, stomach cramps, and bloody diarrhea. After conducting tests, the doctors diagnose Helena with food poisoning stemming from the bacteria campylobacter. Thinking back on her meals for the last few days, which dish is MOST likely responsible for Helena’s current infection?

Spoiled food or food that contains pathogens can always be detected by its appearance or smell.

Abigail is preparing a dinner that involves chicken and broccoli. She washes the raw chicken in the sink before sauteing it in a skillet. Then, she makes sure to wash the broccoli before it is chopped and added to the hot pan. After all the ingredients are in the pan, Abigail uses her sink sponge to wipe down her counter. Then, she sets out some green grapes on the counter for her kids to snack on before dinner. One of her children later complains of stomach problems. Which is MOST likely the source of the child’s issues?

Meera is excited to go strawberry picking with her mom, who promises that what they don’t eat can be made into a great jam for toast. In order to create the strawberry jam, what ingredient will Meera’s mom need to pick up from the store?

A new fad of returning to grassroots food preparation has led several young people to try their hand at home canning. Many have never even seen their grandparents can vegetables but figure that it can’t be that hard. Which type of foodborne illness cases would MOST likely rise in number as the number of new home canners rises?

At a dinner party, the host puts out a huge charcuterie board for his guests to sample from. Julia declines the bleu cheese and salami but nibbles on some walnuts and grapes from the charcuterie board. Her host asks if she is not big on trying new foods, but Julia replies that she is pregnant and just being careful. Considering the foods Julia has opted out of, which foodborne illness is she MOST likely worried about contracting?

Dylan has just purchased chicken wings to prepare for his family’s July 4th celebration when he sees two cars ahead of him on the road collide. Dylan quickly pulls over, turns off his car, and heads toward the wreck to help. It takes over three hours to get the victims into ambulances and finish speaking to police. When Dylan finally returns to his car, the interior is like an oven and he remembers his groceries. What is the BEST thing for Dylan to do with the wings he purchased?

Bruno works in a food processing plant. One of his jobs is to monitor the refrigeration equipment so that all the foods are being stored at a safe temperature. He inspects the thermometers on the 10 refrigerators that hold packaged meat ready for shipment. Which refrigerator needs Bruno’s attention?

Pathogens and parasites are unrelated to one another.

Imani hosts a party, preparing a turkey with several side dishes. Imani’s guests eat until they are stuffed but there is still plenty of food on the table. Even though the party will last until the early hours of the morning, when should Imani wrap and put away the leftovers?

Taye is on a cruise with his family when he begins experiencing nausea, stomach cramps, and diarrhea. He sees the ship’s doctor, who tells Taye that he has been exposed to norovirus. Taye is also confined to his quarters until the ship’s doctor confirms that he no longer has norovirus. Which statement BEST explains this precaution?

Carrie buys two pounds of ground beef at the store, intending to make hamburgers one night for dinner. As the week goes by, Carrie realizes she’s not going to be able to cook the hamburger meat before it goes bad. In order for Carrie to preserve this meat, which would be her BEST option?

Tomas has a part time job bagging groceries. He tries to put items that are similar together, so that it will be easy for the customer to unpack and put things away when they arrive home. He also works hard to keep groceries safe from contamination. Which regular step is an example of Tomas’s attention to this aspect of safety?

Before she leaves for school, Zari receives a text from her mom asking her to grab the chicken for tonight’s dinner out of the freezer to thaw. Where should Zari place the chicken so that it is ready when her mom gets home to start dinner?

Making spaghetti sauce with her grandmother, Isabella goes to the cellar to get a jar of canned tomatoes from last summer. When she opens the jar of tomatoes, she hears a ‘pop!’ Startled, Isabella looks at her grandmother to see if she did something wrong. Isabella’s grandmother tells her that the ‘pop’ means the tomatoes are still good. If the jar hadn’t made that sound, what would this MOST likely indicate?

Isadora walks in on her two roommates eating raw cookie dough. She asks them if they know what they are doing is dangerous. One of the girls answers, “What? This is an eggless recipe, so we’re good.” Considering that she has recently studied food safety, what will Isadora MOST likely reply?