FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
FOODBORNE ILLNESS AND FOOD SAFETY
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Question
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Some bacteria produce harmful toxins which are present in food even if the pathogen has been killed.
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food intoxication
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food infection
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contamination
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adulteration
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -botulinum are heat-resistant, the toxin produced by bacteria growing out of the spores under anaerobic conditions is destroyed by boiling (for example, at internal temperature greater than 85 °C for 5 minutes or longer).
Detailed explanation-2: -Staphylococcus and Clostridium botulinum bacteria produce a toxin (or poison) as a by-product of growth and multiplication in food and cause food intoxication.
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