Food Safety

•Food- Any article whether simple,

mixed, or compounded, which is used as food, drink. Confectionery, or condiment.(Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act)

- Anything that nourishes and sustains life by providing energy, building and repairing tissues, and regulating body processes. ( biologist and health scientist)

• FOOD SAFETY

- Is the overall quality of food fit for consumption.

FILIPINO STREET FOODS

•SANITATION

- Comes from the Latin word sanitas which means health

• Foodborne Illness

-a disease of an infectious or toxic nature caused by or thought to be caused by, the consumption of food and water.

• Food Intoxication- Also called food poisoning, is

caused by the ingestion of toxins or poisonous substances produced by pathogenic microorganisms

• Potentially Hazardous Foods- Means that the consumer’s

health may be at risk when such foods are eaten due to the presence of pathogens,

- chemicals and or

additives.

• Microorganisms

- are unicellular living things. They are very small and can not be seen with the naked eye unless aided by a microscope.

• Contamination

- Is the unintended presence of harmful substances in food or drink.

• Cross-contamination

- Refers to the transfer of germs or microbes from one food item to another via a nonfood surface or equipment.

• Carrier

- Is a person or animal that harbors the pathogen, but is immune to the disease or does not get sick from it.

However, it spreads the germs to others.

• Case

- Is an occurrence of the disease for a person or one individual

• Outbreak

- Is when the disease is experienced or observed in two or more individuals or in a group of people.

• Incidence of a disease- Refers to the number of persons who got ill with a specific disease in a given population.

Example: 10 out of 1,000

has active tuberculosis

Morbidity- Is the existence of the ill

effects of a disease on the person

• Mortality- Is the incidence of death or fatality of the disease.

• Surveillance- A careful investigation and

collection of data/facts to characterize the circumstances about an outbreak.

• Infants and young children

Pregnant women

Elderly persons over 65 y/o

Individuals whose immune systems are depressed

Persons with chronic illnesses like cancer, anemia, diabetes millitus, and tuberculosis

Malnourished individual