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| Biological Contamination | Microbial contaminant that may cause foodborne illness. These contaminants include bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungi, and biological toxins |
| Chemical Contamination | Chemical substances that can cause a foodborne illness. Food can become contaminated by a variety of chemical substances normally found in restaurant and foodservice establishments, including toxic metals, pesticides, cleaning products, sanitizers, and equipment lubricants |
| Physical Contamination | Foreign object that is accidentally introduced into food or a naturally occurring object, such as a bone in a fillet, that poses a physical hazard. Common physical contaminates include metal shavings from cans, staples, or from cartons; glass from broken light bulbs; blades from plastic or rubber scraper,, fingernails, hair, bandages, dirt, and bones |
| Food Security | Preventing or eliminating the deliberate contamination of food |
| Biological toxins | Poisons produced by pathogens and found in some plants and animals. Toxins may be a natural part of the plant or animal or may occur in an animal because of diet |
| Ciguatera fish poisoning | An illness that occurs when a person eats fish that has consumed ciguatoxin, which is found in certain marine algae. The toxin accumulates in fish when they consume smaller fish that have eaten the algae. Ciguatoxin is commonly associated with predatory reef fish such as barracuda, grouper, jacks, and snapper caught in the Pacific Ocean, western Indian Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea |
| Scombroid poisoning (Histamine poisoning) | Illness caused by consuming high levels of histamine, a toxin that forms when scombroid and other species of fish are subjected to time-temperature abuse. Scombroid fish include tuna, bonito, mackerel, and mahi mahi |
| Toxic Metal Poisoning | Illness that results when food containing toxic metals is eaten. It usually occurs when acidic food is handled with utensils or prepared in equipment containing these metals. It can also occur when carbonated beverage dispensers are improperly installed |
| Food Allergy | The body’s negative reaction to a particular food protein. The most common food allergens include milk and dairy products, eggs and egg products, fish, shellfish, wheat, soy and soy products, peanuts, and tree nuts |
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