FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
FOODBORNE ILLNESS AND FOOD SAFETY
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Question
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How can a food handler identify food that has been contaminated with pathogens?
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it cannot be detected
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smelling the food
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asking a manager
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looking at the food
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -How do food handlers know the food is safe to serve? Unfortunately, there is no quick way to determine if a food is contaminated with illness-causing bacteria; it won’t look, taste, or smell any differently.
Detailed explanation-2: -Culture-based methods. As stated earlier, culture-based methods are generally regarded as the ‘gold standard’ for microbiological analysis of food. Culture-independent methods. Nucleic acid–based methods. Bacteriophage-based methods. 26-Mar-2020
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