Tiny forms of life, both plants
and animals, only visible under a
microscope
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what is food spoilage?
Making food unfit and unsafe to
eat
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contamination?
Making food unsafe to eat by
allowing it to come into contact
with mirco-orgaisms that will
grow and multiply in it
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pathogenic bacteria?
Something that is capable of
causing illness
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Food Poisoning
An illness caused by micro- organisms contaminating food
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high risk food
Food that contain a lot moisture
and nutrients, especially protein
(eg:milk and cream) and easily
support the growth of
pahtogenic micro-organisms
particularly bacteria
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Enzyme
The name given to natural
substances in living thingd which
act as catalysts
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ripening
The process of a fruit or
vegetable maturing so that it is
ready to eat
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Enzymic browning
The discolouration of a fruit or
vegetable due to the reaction of
enzymes with plant cell
substances and oxygen from the
air
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oxidization
When substances combine with
oxygen
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Germinate
This is the process that happens
when a spore from a mould
starts to grow on a food
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Non-pathogenic
A micro-organism that is not
harmful to humans and does not
cause food poisoning
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Pasteurisation
This means heating fresh milk to
72 degrees for 15 seconds in
order to kill pathogenic micro- organisms that may be in it
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Homogenised
Forcing milk under high pressure
through a fine sieve, in order to
break up the fat into tiny
droplets
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Making food unfit and unsafe to
eat
Back
what is food spoilage?
Card 3
Front
Making food unsafe to eat by
allowing it to come into contact
with mirco-orgaisms that will
grow and multiply in it
Back
Card 4
Front
Something that is capable of
causing illness
Back
Card 5
Front
An illness caused by micro- organisms contaminating food
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