food contamination

Preferred Label : food contamination;

Obsolete resource : false;

MeSH definition : The presence in food of harmful, unpalatable, or otherwise objectionable foreign substances, e.g. chemicals, microorganisms or diluents, before, during, or after processing or storage.;

MeSH synonym : food contaminations; contamination, food; contaminations, food;

MeSH hyponym : food adulteration; Adulteration, Food; Adulterations, Food; Food Adulterations;

MeSH annotation : coordinate with specific food item; contamination by dirt, dust, chemicals & toxic substances, organisms; contamination by microbes: consider FOOD MICROBIOLOGY specific microbe specific food item /microbiol; contamination by parasites: consider FOOD PARASITOLOGY specific parasite specific food item /parasitol;

Details

Origin ID

D005506;

UMLS CUI

C0016462;

Allowable qualifiers
- analysis [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Bacterial foodborne intoxications [Bloc CIM-11]
- Contaminated food (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Food Contamination [DeCS]
- Food contamination [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- foodborne illness [MedlinePlus Topic]
Indexing information
- gum combretum [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- food safety [MedlinePlus Topic]
- foodborne illness [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- food adulteration [MeSH concept]
- food contamination [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Dietary Exposure [MeSH Descriptor]
- food microbiology [MeSH Descriptor]
- food parasitology [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Phenomenon or Process [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Food contamination [MedDRA Preferred Term]

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