HLTH 331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Aureus, Modified Atmosphere, Clostridium
10 Apr 2017
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Often food is contaminated where it is grown or produced: fish and seafood may be contaminated by agricultural runoff, sewage, toxins in the water, cross-contamination food contaminated during processing or storage. Threshold effect many substances are harmless up to a certain dose or threshold, after which negative effects increase with increasing intake. Ensuring safety of food supply is a responsibility shared by the government, food manufacturers and retail establishments, and consumers. Haccp as a science-based approach designed to prevent food contamination. The government works on all aspects of food quality and safety to policy and standards: focuses on identifying point in handling of food = critical control points chemical, physical, or microbial contamination can be prevented, controlled, eliminated. Consumers should be actively involved by deciding what foods they will consume and evaluate the risks involved. Foodborne infection an illness caused by consuming food contaminated with pathogens that multiply in the gi tract or other parts of the body.
