HTH 352 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Food Quality, Antimicrobial Resistance, Food Contaminant

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Chapter 9: food quality: adulteration: the deliberate addition of inferior substances into pure food. Examples: cocoa powder mixed with brick dust, water added to milk: many additives, flavorings, colors were added and found to be toxic and were never tested for adverse health effects. Pure food and drugs act: reduce/climate adulteration labeled as toxic materials: food contaminants: when substances are accidentally incorporated into food during processing hairs, animal feces, insects. Defect action levels were enacted: contaminants that are allowed but cannot reach a certain level. 1985: outbreak of salmonella through contaminated milk: came through contaminated milk, pathogen was resistant to antibiotics. Hormones used for growth: des linked to vaginal and breast cancer, used to increase weight in chickens: rbh used to boost milk productions. Pesticide residues: banned in us but since we import from other countries where it is still used, we can still be exposed: food additives: non-nutritive substances added to food to improve appearance, color, texture, or storage.

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