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  • Food Contamination

Food Contamination(Topical Term)

Preferred form: Food Contamination
Used for/see from:
  • Food Adulteration
  • n: Adulteration, Food
  • n: Adulterations, Food
  • n: Contamination, Food
  • n: Contaminations, Food
  • n: Food Adulterations
  • n: Food Contaminations

coordinate with specific food item; contamination by dirt, dust, chemicals & toxic substances, organisms; contamination by microbes: consider FOOD MICROBIOLOGY + specific microbe + specific food item /microbiol; contamination by parasites: consider FOOD PARASITOLOGY + specific parasite + specific food item /parasitol

The presence in food of harmful, unpalatable, or otherwise objectionable foreign substances, e.g. chemicals, microorganisms or diluents, before, during, or after processing or storage.

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