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| illness caused by eating contaminated food |
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| unwanted presence of harmful substances or levels of microorganisms in food |
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| conditions relating to public health, esp. the provision of clean drinking water and adequate sewage disposal. |
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| harmfull organisms that cause food-borne illness |
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| a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease. |
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| single cell organisms that reproduce by dividing |
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Potentially Hazardous Foods-
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| any foods that require time and temperature control for safety |
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| bacteria that requires oxygen |
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| bacteria that thrives without oxygen |
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| bacteria that can grow either with or without oxygen |
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| a minute, typically one-celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion, characteristic of lower plants, fungi, and protozoans. |
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| the process of infecting or the state of being infected : strict hygiene will limit the risk of infection. |
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| (of alcoholic drink or a drug) cause (someone) to lose control of their faculties or behavior. |
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| the amount of water available for microbial growth in a product |
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| the measure of acidity or alkalinity of a substance |
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| the temperature range in which bacteria reproduces rapidly |
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| an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host |
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| a microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding, and are capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide. |
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| a furry growth of minute fungal hyphae occurring typically in moist warm conditions, esp. on food or other organic matter. |
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| an organism that lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense. |
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| when the body interprets normally harmless protein as a dangerous substance and the body'd immune system than reacts to fight it |
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| any chemical that contaminates food |
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Material Hazard Data Sheet-
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| a document that lists the composition of a chemical product proper procedures for storage and handling and what do do in the case of an emergency involving that product |
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| solid materials that pose a danger to the consumer when resent in food |
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