FOS 3042 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Listeria Monocytogenes, Aflatoxin, Dont

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Food Science and Human Nutrition
• Course: FOS 3042
• Professor: Obadasi

Document Summary

Staphylococcus aureus: onset time- 0. 5-8 hours, duration- 6-48 hours, symptoms- nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, typically found in meats, cream filled pastries, whipped butter, source of contamination- food handlers, infected cuts, food slicers. Escherichia coli (enterotoxigenic: onset time- 10-72 hours, duration- 3 to 5 days, symptoms- profuse watery diarrhea, cramps, vomiting, typically found in raw foods, source of contamination- fecal-oral route, direct or water-borne. Clostridium perfringens: onset time- 8 to 24 hours, duration- 12 to 24 hours, symptoms- diarrhea, cramps, rarely nausea and vomiting, typically found in cooked meat and poultry, source of contamination- soil, raw foods. Bacillus cereus: onset time- . 5 to 15 hours, duration- 5 to 24 hours, symptoms- nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, typically found in meat products, soups, sauces, rice, source of contamination- soil or dust. Campylobacter jejuni: onset time- 2 to 5 days, duration- 2 to 10 days, symptoms- nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, cramps, typically found in infected food-source animals, source of contamination- primarily poultry, raw milk.