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Food Safety Crossword #1
by James T. Ehler
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Across | 7. | | Controversial sterilizing treatment (11) |
| 8. | | Frequent symptom caused by
Salmonella enteritidis. (15) |
| 9. | | A frequent culprit in Salmonella
outbreaks. (3,4) |
| 11. | | 'Mad cow' initials (3) |
| 13. | | Infectious protein particle
thought to be responsible for
scrapie, BSE (5) |
| 14. | | Disinfectant, atomic number 17 (8) |
| 15. | | Small usually single-celled
reproductive body of certain
bacteria, algae and fungi (6) |
| 16. | | A bacterium that's been the focus of recent illnesses related to fast food and the meat industry (1,4) |
| 17. | | For a while, New Jersey banned
selling them 'rare' or 'med rare' (4) |
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Down | 1. | | A plant food possibly implicated
in a 1996 E. coli outbreak in
Japan involving over 8,000 people (7) |
| 2. | | The low pH of fruit is unfavorable
for bacteria growth, but is
favorable for this single cell
fungi which can cause spoilage in
fruit (5) |
| 3. | | Toxin produced by some bacteria
that is specific for intestinal
cells (11) |
| 4. | | Recommended maximum time
Hollandaise can be kept
unrefrigerated (3,5) |
| 5. | | Household kitchen item that is
usually the most bacterial
contaminated item in the home (7,6) |
| 6. | | An animal or plant that lives in
or on another and from which it
obtains nourishment (8) |
| 8. | | An agent that destroys disease-
carrying microorganisms (9) |
| 10. | | A fungus that infects various
cereal plants forming compact
black masses of branching
filaments that replace many grains
of the plant (5) |
| 12. | | Causes staphylococcal food
poisoning (7) |
| 15. | | One of the oldest food
preservatives (4) |
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Solution
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