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Food Contamination
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Definition of 'Food Contamination'The presence in food of harmful, unpalatable, or otherwise objectionable foreign substances, e.g. chemicals, microorganisms or diluents, before, during, or after processing or storage. Common names: Food Contamination; Contamination, Food; Contaminations, Food; Food Contaminations; Food Adulteration; Adulteration, Food; Adulterations, Food; Food Adulterations |
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Shiga toxin--producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are a leading cause of bacterial enteric infections in the United States. Prompt, accurate diagnosis of STEC infection is important because appropriate treatment early in the course of infection might ... Read more...
19 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Campylobacter is a major cause of human disease worldwide and poultry are identified as a significant source of this pathogen. Most disease in humans is associated with the consumption of contaminated poultry or cross-contamination with ... Read more...
Human paragonimiasis in North America following ingestion of raw crayfish.
13 Sep 2009 Paragonimiasis (human infections with the lung fluke Paragonimus westermani) is an important public health problem in parts of Southeast Asia and China. Paragonamiasis has rarely been reported from North America as a zoonosis caused by Paragonimus ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Food Contamination'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Livestock waste treatment systems of the future: a challenge to environmental quality, food safety, and sustainability. Proceedings of an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) workshop. April 2-4, 2008. Florence, South Carolina, USA.
30 Oct 2009 - Livestock waste treatment systems of the future: a challenge to environmental quality, food safety, and sustainability. OECD Workshop. 30 Oct 2009
- Recommendations for diagnosis of shiga toxin--producing Escherichia coli infections by clinical laboratories. 14 Oct 2009
- Comment on "Halogenated contaminants in farmed salmon, trout, tilapia, pangasius, and shrimp". 29 Sep 2009
- Antimicrobial resistance profiling and molecular subtyping of Campylobacter spp. from processed turkey. 19 Sep 2009
- Human paragonimiasis in North America following ingestion of raw crayfish. 13 Sep 2009
- Susceptibility of Pediococcus isolates to antimicrobial compounds in relation to hop-resistance and beer-spoilage. 5 Sep 2009
- Inadvertent ingestion of marijuana - Los Angeles, California, 2009. 2 Sep 2009
- Artisanal alcohol production in Mayan Guatemala: chemical safety evaluation with special regard to acetaldehyde contamination. Sep 2009
- Lupin allergy and lupin sensitization among patients with suspected food allergy. 30 Aug 2009
- Foodborne infections. 30 Aug 2009
- Pulsed electric field as a potential new method for microbial inactivation in scaffold materials for tissue engineering: the effect on collagen as a scaffold. 30 Aug 2009
- Application of key events analysis to chemical carcinogens and noncarcinogens. 30 Aug 2009
- Neonatal enteral feeding tubes as loci for colonisation by members of the Enterobacteriaceae. 30 Aug 2009
- Comparison of HS-SDME with SPME and SPE for the determination of eight organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticide residues in food matrices. 30 Aug 2009
- Biological strategies to counteract the effects of mycotoxins. 30 Aug 2009
- Concentration method for the detection of enteric viruses from large volumes of foods. 30 Aug 2009
- Thermal inactivation of H5N2 high-pathogenicity avian influenza virus in dried egg white with 7.5% moisture. 30 Aug 2009
- Growth and survival of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella typhimurium DT104 in liquid egg products. 30 Aug 2009
- Detection of gram-negative histamine-producing bacteria in fish: a comparative study. 30 Aug 2009
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Technical information about 'Food Contamination'
Definition: The presence in food of harmful, unpalatable, or otherwise objectionable foreign substances, e.g. chemicals, microorganisms or diluents, before, during, or after processing or storage.
Descriptor UI: D005506
Alternative terms: Food Contamination; Contamination, Food; Contaminations, Food; Food Contaminations; Food Adulteration; Adulteration, Food; Adulterations, Food; Food Adulterations;
Allowable Qualifiers: analysis; economics; legislation & jurisprudence; prevention & control; statistics & numerical data;
Tree Number: N06.850.460.400;
Technical Notes: coord IM with specific food item probably NIM; contamination by dirt, dust, chemicals & toxic substances, organisms; contamination by microbes: consider FOOD MICROBIOLOGY (IM) + specific microbe (IM) + specific food item (IM or NIM); contamination by parasites: consider FOOD PARASITOLOGY (IM) + specific parasite (IM) + specific food item (IM or NIM)