FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY
FOOD REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS
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farmers/fishermen
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food processors
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restaurants
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all processes in the food chain continuum
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is food contamination? Food contamination refers to when something gets into food that shouldn’t be there, thereby making the food unsafe to eat. Food-borne illness and its business-destroying cousin, the food-borne illness outbreak, are caused by food contamination.
Detailed explanation-2: -Microbes can be transferred from one food to another by using the same knife, cutting board or other utensil without washing the surface or utensil in between uses. A food that is fully cooked can become re-contaminated if it touches other raw foods or drippings from raw foods that contain pathogens.
Detailed explanation-3: -Food manufacturers must do everything possible to avoid contamination and produce safe products, knowing the dramatic consequences if they don’t. There are four types of food contamination: physical, biological, chemical and allergenic. This blog explains these categories and provides tips on how to avoid them.