Across
- 2. a sour-tasting liquid containing acetic acid, obtained by fermenting dilute alcoholic liquids, typically wine, cider, or beer, and used as a condiment or for pickling.
- 5. maintaining cleanliness
- 9. chiefly North American rubbish or waste, especially domestic refuse
- 11. foods food that spoil easily
- 13. an organism which lives in or on another organism (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense
- 14. microscopic living organisms
- 16. an appliance or compartment which is artificially kept cool and used to store food and drink. Modern refrigerators generally make use of the cooling effect produced when a volatile liquid is forced to evaporate in a sealed system in which it can be condensed back to liquid outside the refrigerator.
- 17. zone the temperature range in which bacteria grow fastest (4 Celsius – 60 Celsius)
- 18. a refrigerated cabinet or room for preserving food at very low temperatures
Down
- 1. a thick slice of lean beef, typically from the rump and eaten grilled or fried
- 3. any of a group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including moulds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools
- 4. the spreading of harmful bacteria from one food to another
- 5. perform duties or services for (another person or an organization)
- 6. illness food poisoning.
- 7. conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness
- 8. the flesh of a young calf, used as food
- 10. make impure
- 12. a kind of stew that is cooked slowly in an oven
- 13. a small room or cupboard in which food, crockery, and cutlery are kept.
- 15. an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host