Control Measures to Prevent Physical and Chemical Contamination of Food

CONTROL MEASURES TO PREVENT
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL
CONTAMINATION OF FOOD

INTRODUCTION
 Food contamination is the complex subject which refers to food
where presence of harmful chemicals and microorganisms get
found. This is the type of contamination in food which cause illness
among consumers. There are two type of food contamination which
include:
 Physical contamination
 Chemical contamination

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION
 This is refers to the type of food which get contaminated with some
type of chemical substance.
 Chemical used in kitchen for cleaning equipment's and other than
this are chemical which naturally found under some foods like
toxin in fish etc.
 For example:
 Cleaning agent used in Kitchen
 food containers that are made of low quality plastics
 using fruits and vegetables that are unwashed etc.

LIST AND CONTROL REQUIRE
PREVENTING
 Store chemical away from preparation of food
 Use handle food equipment
 Use readable manufacturers label