"Food Contamination" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D005506
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.576.423.850.730.500.249 N06.850.460.400 N06.850.601.500.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Food Contamination- Food Contamination
- Contamination, Food
- Contaminations, Food
- Food Contaminations
Food Adulteration- Food Adulteration
- Adulteration, Food
- Adulterations, Food
- Food Adulterations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Food Contamination" by people in Profiles.
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Unrecognized ingestion of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts leads to congenital toxoplasmosis and causes epidemics in North America. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Dec; 53(11):1081-9.
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Human paragonimiasis in North America following ingestion of raw crayfish. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15; 49(6):e55-61.