Foodborne IllnessQuestion 34 of 320
Staphylococcus aureus is commonly carried by humans and transferred to food through:
a.Freezing meat too slowly
b.Bare-hand contact by carriers who touch ready-to-eat food
c.Using too much vinegar
d.Undercooking vegetables
Explanation
Staphylococcus aureus lives in the nose, mouth, skin, and infected cuts of many healthy people and is transferred to ready-to-eat food by bare-hand contact; the toxin it forms is heat-stable and not destroyed by cooking. Controls include handwashing, no bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food, and keeping food out of the danger zone. Freezing, acidity, or undercooking vegetables are not the transfer routes.
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