Preventive measures: Food Borne Disease
Food safety is extremely important to prevent food-borne illness.
Food-borne illnesses can cause a variety of symptoms. For small children, older adults, and people with...
Miscellaneous (Vinegar & antibiotics): Beneficial Role of Microorganism
Vinegar
Vinegar is a food product made by acetic acid bacteria that can ferment the alcohol in alcoholic liquids to acetic acid.
Vinegar has been used...
Food labelling
Food Labelling serves as a primary link of communication between the manufacturer or packer of food on the one hand and distributor, seller, and...
Methods of Food Preservation
METHODS OF FOOD PRESERVATION
Uses of low temperature (refrigeration, chilling freezing)Uses of high temperature (pasteurization, boiling, canning)Dehydration (drying under the sun, mechanical drying, freeze drying,...
Genetically Modified Foods
Genetically modified foods or GM foods, also known as genetically engineered foods or bioengineered foods, are foods produced from organisms that have had changes...
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is a system for ensuring that products are consistently produced and controlled according to quality standards. It is designed to...
Method of their detection (basic principle)
A.Detection from Milk:
1. Water:The presence of water can be by putting a drop of milk on a polished slanting surface. The drop of pure...
BSE (Bovine Serum Encephthalopathy)
A brain disorder in adult cattle that may be spread to humans through diseased meat.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is a transmissible...
General characteristics of Micro-Organisms based on their occurrence and structure.
General characteristics
1. Bacteria
are minute unicellular plant-like microorganisms. The length of a bacterial cell is about 1um and smaller than this in diameter. Bacteria are...
Fermentation in Foods
Fermentation is a metabolic process that consumes sugar in the absence of oxygen. The products are organic acids, gases, or alcohol. It occurs in yeast and bacteria,...
