FOOD SCIENCE FOOD SAFETY - CONTAMINATION CROSSWORD

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