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Food hygiene
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Scientific terms:
Food hygiene: all conditions and measures necessary to ensure the
safety and suitability of food at all stages of the food chain.
Food safety: assurance that food will not cause harm to the
consumer when it is prepared and/or eaten according to its
intended use.
Hazard: A biological, chemical or physical agent in, or condition
of, food with the potential to cause an adverse health effect.
Cross-contamination: It occurs when safe to eat food comes into
contact with pathogenic bacteria, chemicals or unwanted items
making the food unsafe to eat.
Food borne illnesses: are defined as diseases, Illness usually either
infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body
through the ingestion of food.
It could be micro-organisms or other agents (chemical products). Every
person is at risk of foodborne illness.
Food safety is an increasingly important public health issue.
Governments all over the world are intensifying their efforts to
improve food safety. These efforts are in response to an increasing
number of food safety problems and rising consumer concerns.
Why is Food Safety is Important ?
1- Food is expected to nourish people,
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