Food Standards and Quality Control

Food Standard and Quality Control

Lesson 14 : Food Hazards - Microbiological

The Major sources of biological contaminants in foods are

• Animal guts: faecal contamination
• Soil and water contaminated by non-treated manure
• Cross contamination:
  • Human contamination due to poor personal hygiene (skin, clothing, especially hands), faecal contamination (human guts), failure in infection control.
  • Cross-contamination of food products spread from processing environment due to poor/improper sanitation