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Food Safety, Foodborne Illness and Nutrition

Food Safety, Foodborne Illness and Nutrition. Food Safety. What is Food Safety?. Food Safety is making a food safe to eat and free of disease causing agents such as: • Too many infectious agents Toxic chemicals Foreign objects. What is Food Safety?.

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Food Safety, Foodborne Illness and Nutrition

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  1. Food Safety, Foodborne Illness and Nutrition

  2. Food Safety

  3. What is Food Safety? Food Safety is making a food safe to eat and free of disease causing agents such as: •Too many infectious agents • Toxic chemicals • Foreign objects

  4. What is Food Safety? Food Quality is making a food desirable to eat with regards to good taste, color, and texture; bad food quality can be judged by: • Bad color • Wrong texture • Smells bad • Temperature

  5. What are the Types of Food Hazards? • Biological: bacteria, viruses, parasites • Chemical: heavy metals, natural toxins, sanitizers, pesticides, antibiotics • Physical: bone, rocks, metal

  6. Biological Hazards in Food Biological = Living Organisms • In Meat and Poultry: • Salmonella bacteria (poultry and eggs) • Trichinella spiralis parasite (pork) On Fruits and Vegetables: • E. coli bacteria (apple juice) • Cyclospora parasite (raspberries) • Hepatitis A virus (strawberries)

  7. How can you prevent Biological Hazard to Foods Prevention of microbes growing • Holding at low temperatures (<40oF) • Cooling from 140o-40oF quickly Cooking helps to kill microbes • >165oF(73o C) for poultry and eggs • >155oF (68o C) for ground beef • >160oF (71o C) for pork

  8. Chemical Hazards in Food Chemical hazard: a toxic substance that is produced naturally added intentionally or un-intentionally • Naturally-occurring: • Natural toxins (aflatoxins, marine toxins) • Added intentionally: • Antibiotics, preservatives • Added non-intentionally: • Cleaning agents, Pesticide Residues

  9. Physical Hazards in Food Physical hazard: a hard foreign object that can cause illness or injury • Inherent to the food or ingredient • Bone fragment, feathers • Contaminant during processing • Stones, rocks, dirt, fingernails

  10. Foodborne Illness

  11. What is a Foodborne Illness? Foodborne illnesses are caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of food. • Every person is at risk of foodborne illness. • No long-term health threat to average person • May be serious for very young, very old, people with long term illness • Reaction may occur in a few hours or up to several days after exposure Symptoms • Abdominal cramps, headache, vomiting, diarrhea (may be bloody), fever, death

  12. What is the Impact of Foodborne Illness? • The global incidence of foodborne disease is difficult to estimate • Upto 30% of the population annually • 2.1 million people died from diarrheal diseases (2001) • Food & Water Contamination • Malnutrition & Death in Infants & Children

  13. What is the Impact of Foodborne Illness? In the US annually: • 76 million cases of foodborne diseases • 325,000 hospitalization • 5,000 deaths China (1994) Salmonella Outbreak estimated 224,000 persons

  14. Why is Foodborne Illness increasing in the US? Food: • Preference for “rare” meats • Increase shelf life of products which allow for bacterial growth • Centralized food production • Increase consumption of imported ready-to-eat foods Host: • Use of immunity suppressant medications & conditions (HIV/AIDS) • Increase in the number of elderly

  15. Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)

  16. What is Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)? The purpose of HACCP is to help ensure the production of safe food • The goal of HACCP is to prevent and/or minimize risks associated with biological, chemical, and physical hazards to acceptable levels • It is based on PREVENTION rather than detection of hazards • Pioneered in the 1960’s: first used for the space program (Pillsbury & NASA)

  17. What are the Steps involved in HACCP? 1. Identify hazards 2. Determine Critical Control Points (CCPs) 3. Determine safety limits for CCPs 4. Monitor CCPs 5. Corrective action 6. Record data 7. Verify that the system is working

  18. Food & Nutrition

  19. What are Calories? Calories are a measure of the amount of energy provided from food • Fats provide 9 calories per gram • Carbohydrates provide 4 calories per gram • Proteins provide 4 calories per gram Individuals have different calorie needs based on: Gender,Size, Age, Physical Activity Condition (ie – pregnancy, lactating)

  20. Calories •Calorie balance occurs when Calories IN = Calories OUT • If IN > OUT = Weight gain occurs • If IN < OUT = Weight loss occurs

  21. What are Fats? Organic compounds that are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; they are the most concentrated source of energy in foods. Function: • supply calories & energy to the body, • Cell membrane, heat insulation, vitamins and fatty acids

  22. What are Carbohydrates? A large group of sugars, starches, celluloses, and gums that contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in similar proportions. Function: The primary function of carbohydrates is to provide energy for the body, especially the brain and the nervous system.

  23. What are Proteins? Complex organic compounds; the basic structure of protein is a chain of amino acids that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Function: Protein is the main component of muscles, organs, and glands. Building materials, enzymes, hormones, antibodies

  24. Water & Nutrition • Water is vital for life > Food • About 60% of an adult’s body weight and even more of a child’s body weight • Water is in every cell of the body & All chemical processes that occur in the body require water. • digestion, absorption, circulation,excretion, transporting nutrients,building tissues,maintaining blood volume & body temperature

  25. Nutrition Concepts • Food Pyramid • Food groups • Serving Size • Food Labeling • “Fat Free,” “Low Fat,” etc • Food Journals

  26. Eating Disorders • Compulsive Over-Eating • Obesity • Bulimia • Anorexia Nervosa

  27. Obesity In the US: • 61% of adults • 13% Children 6-11 yrs;14% Adolescents 12-19 yrs • All ages, racial & ethnic groups; both genders • 300,000 deaths each year • Economic Cost: $117 billion (2000)

  28. Eating Disorders • Average American woman: 5'4" tall & weighs 140 lbs • Average American model: 5'11" tall & weighs 117 lbs • Most fashion models are thinner than 98% of American women! • 80% of American women are dissatisfied with their appearance • 42% of 1st-3rd grade girls want to be thinner • 81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat

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