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| Method to ascentain if food is contaminated with fecal bacteria and, therefore, has the potential to spread disease is to perform ... |
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... the intestines of humans and warm-blooded animals.
Eg: E. coli |
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Which type of food has the
highest bacterial count? |
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Ground beef
because it's fresh and has not been frozen. |
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Which type of food has the
lowest bacterial count? |
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Dried fruit
because of the lack of water available. |
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| Why might one expect to find coliforms in samples of meat? |
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| The digestive tract may be opened during butchering and release coliform bacteria onto the meat. |
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High coliform counts in food indicates the potential for finding which
intestinal pathogens? |
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Why is refrigeration not always an effective means for preventing food spoilaage?
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| Some bacteria are able to grow at refrigeration temperatures. |
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| Eg of foods that have high bacterial counts but are not spoiled. |
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