Food Contamination Poses a Threat to Food Safe
Abstract
Food plays a vital role in our life. The contamination of food is a global public health issue affecting developed as well
as developing nations. The contamination can be caused by physical, chemical, and biological agents. Among the
biological agents, bacteria are most frequently encountered as a cause of contamination throughout the world. There
are several routes of food contamination that include handler, equipment, packaging material, and environment.
The ingestion of food with bacteria like Listeria monocytogenes can cause life threatening infection, especially in
children, pregnant women, elderly and immunocompromised subjects. The microbiological examination of food by
employing standard techniques is essential for the assessment of quality and safety of the products intended for the
human consumption. The prevention of food contamination at all stages of food supply chain is highly imperative
from the safety point of view.
Keywords: Food contamination, Foodborne infections, Food safety, Microbe
