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About Mold

Have you ever gone to your refrigerator for a delicious snack only to find mold has made its home on your fruit or vegetable? 

Molds have been around for over three million years, so the likelihood we’ll eliminate their presence is slim.  

 

Some molds perform valuable functions in our lives. For example, they age, and flavour cheeses and they are used in bread making, fermenting liquor, producing soy sauce, producing penicillin, and manufacturing citric acid used to flavour soft drinks. 

Listeria

Listeria In the past decade, a foodborne pathogen called Listeria monocytogenes has been linked to multiple foodborne disease outbreaks that have been connected to ready-to-eat

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Bacillus cereus 

Bacillus cereus   Bacillus cereus (B. cereus) is a bacterium frequently present in the environment, existing as spores. Food contamination typically occurs from the soil, air,

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Salmonella

Salmonella Salmonella is a highly contagious group of bacteria that produces a foodborne illness called salmonellosis. The bacteria are commonly found in the intestines of healthy animals

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About Yeast

About Yeast Yeast is a living single-celled fungus, belongs to the kingdom Fungi,  that is used in both bread and beer making. The species of

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Macronutrients – Protein

Macronutrients – Protein Macro nutrients are defined as the substances or components that are needed by the body to serve as nourishment to facilitate cell

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