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CONTAMINATION ALIMENTAIRE [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Safety
DEF

The act of spoiling or tainting foods by intentionally using harmful micro-organisms or by using inadvertently contaminated or spoiled ingredients that make the food unfit for consumption.

OBS

food contamination: term and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • foodstuffs contamination

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
DEF

Action d'altérer des aliments ou de les rendre insalubres par l'emploi intentionnel de micro-organismes nuisibles ou en utilisant par inadvertance des ingrédients contaminésou gâtés qui rendent les aliments impropres à la consommation.

OBS

contamination des aliments; contamination alimentaire : termes et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • contamination d'un aliment

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inocuidad Alimentaria
CONT

[...] diferencia entre contaminación, descomposición y adulteración de alimentos. [...] ¿Cuándo se produce contaminación? Cuando compramos enlatados que están golpeados, oxidados o inflados, estos contienen bacterias productoras de enfermedades; si el alimento tiene piedrecitas, cabellos, astillas u otro cuerpo extraño; al asar una carne y parte de ella se quema, en esas partes quemadas se forma una sustancia llamada dioxina que ocasiona problemas digestivos; cuando no conocemos la procedencia de los alimentos que pueden contener residuos de pesticidas, de fertilizantes, exceso de aditivos o sustancias para mejorar el color, sabor, conservantes, que producen intoxicaciones y alergias. Descomposición es el proceso de degradación de los nutrientes del alimento.

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