Food contamination is when food is contaminated with microorganisms or substances and eating it could result in food borne disease. Food spoilage is any undesired change in the natural color, taste or texture of food items that makes it unfit for consumption because it has lost its quality and nutritional value.
The process where a food product becomes unsuitable to ingest by the consumer. The cause of such a process is due to many outside factors as a side-effect of the type of product it is, as well as how the product is packaged and stored. Food spoilage results when microbiological, chemical or physical changes occur, rendering the food product unacceptable to the consumer. Microbiological food spoilage is caused by the growth of microorganisms that produce enzymes that lead to objectionable by-products in the food. The process in which food deteriorates to the point that it is not edible to humans or its quality of edibility becomes reduced.
Food contamination is when food is contaminated with microorganisms or substances and eating it could result in foodborne disease. Food spoilage is any undesired change in the natural color, taste, or texture of food items that makes it unfit for consumption because it has lost its quality and nutritional value.
