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Drying corn to make feed corn for cattle
A. has no effect on pesticide residues.
B. reduces pesticide residues.
C. increase the amount of fat in beef.
D. concentrates pesticide residues, which are further concentrated in beef.

Which one of the following best describes the FDAs recommendation regarding using antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals?
A. Antimicrobial drugs shouldn’t be used in any food-producing animal.
B. Antimicrobial drugs should be limited to situations where the use of drugs is necessary for animal health.
C. Antimicrobial drugs can be should be given to all food-producing animals to ensure animal health.
D. Hormone and hormone-like production enhancers are the only drugs approved to be used to ensure animal health.

Research in plant biotechnology has focused primarily on characteristics that
A. improve resistance to pests, reduce the need for pesticides, and increase survival rates in adverse growing conditions.
B. allow genetically engineered seeds to be prepared within two months.
C. allow genetically engineered seeds to double in size within one year.
D. reduce the need for other genes to be introduced into a plant genome

If the FDA or USDA has determined that an additive was safe for us in a certain food before the 1958 Food Additives Amendment was passed, it’s known as a
A. color additive.
B. GRAS.
C. prior-sanctioned substance.
D. indirect additive.

The USDA Pesticide Data Program found that _______ percent of organic food samples tested positive for pesticide residues.
A. 7
B. 23
C. 30
D. 15

Loss of appetite, vomiting, and jaundice are all symptoms of Hepatitis A, which can be caused by which of the following food sources?
A. Minimally processed ciders and juices
B. Egg products
C. Undercooked liquid or moist food that has been handled by an infected person
D. Raw shellfish from polluted water

Which one of the following organisms can be transmitted by cats to humans through cat feces?
A. Shigella
B. Toxoplasma gondii
C. Escherichia
D. Listeria monocytogenes

Improper use of cleaning agents in food-contact areas can add which of the following to food?
A. Glass, metal, insects, and dirt
B. Methyl mercury
C. Dioxins
D. Direct additives

A man eats raw vegetables and has watery and bloody diarrhea. These symptoms are consistent with
A. campylobacteriosis.
B. botulism infection.
C. E. coli infection.
D. listeriosis.

Which one of the following foodborne organisms creates havoc within the gastrointestinal tract by producing a toxin?
A. Campylobacter
B. Staphylococcus aureus
C. Salmonella
D. E. coli

Answer 1

1.) D. concentrates pesticide residues, which are further concentrated beef

2.) B. Antimicrobial drugs should be limited to situations where the use of drugs is necessary for animal health.

3.) A. improve resistance to pests, reduce the need for pesticides, and increase survival rates in adverse growing conditions

4.) C. prior-sanctioned substance.

5.) B. 23

6.) D. Raw shellfish from polluted water

7.) B. Toxoplasma gondii

8.) A. Glass, metal, insects and dirt

9.) C. E. coli infection.

10.) B. Staphylococcus aureus

Answer 2

The following are the answers:
1. B.reduces pesticide residues.
> It reduces pesticide residues up to 50%. It also does not increase the amount of fat in beef because, corn, like wheat and grain, are high starch or high energy food, which would mean that, it reduces the time to fatten the cattle.
2. B. Antimicrobial drugs should be limited to situations where the use of drugs is necessary for animal health.
> Improvement in management and animal health care have largely improved safety of food and as an outcome, decreased the need for antimicrobial in the system of food production.
3. A. 7
>A meta-analysis of 2012 identified that pesticide residues were found in 7% of organic produce samples, 38% conventional produce samples.
4. D. Raw shellfish from polluted water
> One way of getting Hepatitis A is eating contaminated food.
5. B. Toxoplasma gondii
> Sources of infection of T.gondii is contact with contaminated cat feces.
6. Methyl mercury
7. B. botulism infection.
> mainly caused by botulinum toxin.
8. D. E. coli