Food Safety & Regulation

Contamination

The presence of anything harmful or unwanted in food — this could be microbes, chemicals, or physical objects like hair or glass.

Real-life application

A fly sitting on open sweets at a shop is a simple, everyday example of contamination that food safety officers check for.

Related terms

A step at which control can be applied and is essential to prevent, eliminate or reduce a food safety hazard to an acceptable level.

A systematic preventive food safety system built on seven principles, beginning with hazard analysis and identification of critical control points.

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