NUTRITION
FOOD SAFETY
Question
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Botulism
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Toxins
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Sanitation
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Food-borne Illness
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Detailed explanation-1: -Microbial toxins are toxins produced by microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi. Microbial toxins promote infection and disease by directly damaging host tissues and by disabling the immune system. Some bacterial toxins, such as Botulinum neurotoxins, are the most potent natural toxins known.
Detailed explanation-2: -Toxins are poisonous substances produced within living cells or organisms and can include various classes of small molecules or proteins that cause disease on contact.
Detailed explanation-3: -Biological toxin. A toxic substance originating from a living organism. Most biological toxins are used for defense; are very large, complex molecules; and are among the most toxic substances known to higher animals. Botulinum toxin is the most deadly substance known to humans.