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FOODBORNE ILLNESS AND FOOD SAFETY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The World Health Organization recommends that all governments prohibit the feeding of highly innervated tissue from slaughtered cattle to other animals. The purpose of this recommendation is to minimize the risk of introducing ____ into the food supply.
A
prions
B
aflatoxin
C
enterohemorrhagic pathogens
D
Trichinella
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -These precautions include: Washing your hands and exposed skin before eating, drinking or smoking. Covering any cuts or abrasions you might have with waterproof dressings. Wearing surgical gloves if you are dressing any wounds on the person with prion disease.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution: Potato spindle tuber disease is caused by viroids.

Detailed explanation-3: -Scientists believe CWD proteins (prions) likely spread between animals through body fluids like feces, saliva, blood, or urine, either through direct contact or indirectly through environmental contamination of soil, food or water.

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