Food Safety Vocabulary
Quiz by Mary Beth Pilkington
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- Q1the state of being impure or unfit for use due to the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elementscontamination30s
- Q2biological systems will break down pesticides into chemical parts that nature can safely recyclebiodegradable30s
- Q3a change in a food that makes it unfit or undesirable for consumptionfood spoilage30s
- Q4a sickness caused by eating contaminated foodfoodborne illness30s
- Q5microorganisms that can cause illness in humanspathogens30s
- Q6substances released by microbes that are hamrful to humanstoxin30s
- Q7a foodborne illness caused by a toxin released by microbesfood intoxication30s
- Q8microbes release digestive enzymes that begin to damage body tissue and cause illnessfood infection30s
- Q9bacteria attach to lining of the intestines and release digestive enzymessalmonellosis30s
- Q10organisms that live in and feed on a hostparasite30s
- Q11an animal or plant from which a parasite receives nutrientshost30s
- Q12an infection caused by T. Spiralistrichinosis30s
- Q13a microscopic disease-causing agent made up of genetic material surrounded by a protein coatingvirus30s
- Q14protein coatingcapsid30s
- Q15a viral infection that attacks the liver cellshepatitis30s