Seguridad con los alimentos

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Seguridad con los alimentos

Definición:

La seguridad con los alimentos se refiere a las condiciones y hábitos que preservan la calidad de los alimentos para evitar su contaminación y las enfermedades a causa de  intoxicación alimentaria .

Nombres alternativos:

Higiene y salubridad con los alimentos

Funciones:

Los alimentos se pueden contaminar de diversas maneras y algunos de ellos pueden ya tener bacterias o parásitos. Los gérmenes se pueden diseminar durante el proceso de empacado si el producto no se maneja adecuadamente. El hecho de no cocer o almacenar los alimentos apropiadamente puede causar una contaminación adicional.

Por lo tanto, la preparación y el manejo apropiado de los alimentos reducen notablemente los riesgos de contraer una enfermedad por intoxicación alimentaria . 

Referencias:

Medeiros LC, Hillers VN, Chen G, Bergmann V, Kendall P, Schroeder M. Design and development of food safety knowledge and attitude scales for consumer food safety education. J Am Diet Assoc . 2004 Nov;104(11):1671-7.

Anderson JB, Shuster TA, Hansen KE, Levy AS, Volk A. A camera's view of consumer food-handling behaviors. J Am Diet Assoc. 2004 Feb;104(2):186-91.

Redmond EC, Griffith CJ. Consumer food handling in the home: a review of food safety studies. J Food Prot . 2003 Jan;66(1):130-61.

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