FOOD SCIENCE FOOD SAFETY - CONTAMINATION CROSSWORD
Across
- 1. animal or plant from which a parasite receives nutrients
- 4. contaminant transmitted through meat
- 6. protein coating on a virus
- 7. the state of being impure or unfit for use due to the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements
- 9. sickness caused by eating contaminated food
- 12. microorganism that can cause illness in human
- 13. occurs most often in young children and causes flulike symptoms, including diarrhea and low grade fever, lasting 2-10 days
- 14. organism that lives and feeds on a host
- 16. term describing an object or substance that can eventually be broken down by biological systems into chemical parts that nature can safely recycle
- 17. virus that causes mild flulike symptoms lasting 1-2 days and is traced to green salads, raw oysters, cake frosting and chicken sandwiches
- 18. chemical contaminant used to improve crop yields by reducing losses due to pests
Down
- 1. chemical contaminant used to improve crop yields by reducing losses due to weeds
- 2. microscopic disease-causing agent made up of genetic material surrounded by a protein coating
- 3. infection caused by T.spiralis
- 5. tainting of food that occurs when a contaminated substance comes into contact with another food
- 8. foodborne illness caused by a toxin released by microbes
- 9. change in a food that makes it unfit or undesirable for consumption
- 10. substance released by a microbe that is harmful to humans
- 11. chemical contaminant used to improve crop yields by reducing losses due to insects
- 15. viral infection that attacks the liver cells