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WHAT ISFOOD SAFETY?

The term food safety describes processes for handling food to keep it safe and healthy for consump- tion. Food safety must be considered from the very first moments when food is grown to when it is shipped and sold, through prepa- ration and storage. Food safety is very important in all these stages.

WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

HAZARD: a form of danger HYGIENIC: sanitary; germ-free INDIFFERENT: a feeling of no interest or concern about something PERISHABLE: something that can spoil easily SANITARY: germ-free

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