The Three Food Contaminants

Samuel is working in a restaurant and finds a staple in the salad. What type of contamination does this represent?

• Biological Contaminate

• Physical Contaminate

• Chemical Contaminate

You are working in a food processing factory. You notice a piece of plastic in the food mix. This piece of plastic is a

• Physical Contaminate

• Biological Contaminate

• Chemical contaminate

You found a strand of hair in your soup at a restaurant. This is an example of what type of contamination?

• Physical Contamination

• Biological Contamination

• Chemical Contamination

Nora was preparing a salad in the kitchen when she accidentally dropped a glass bowl, causing it to shatter. What type of contaminant does the broken glass represent?

• Chemical contaminate

• Biological Contaminate

• Physical Contaminate

You are working in a restaurant and found fish bones in the soup. What type of contaminate does this represent?

• Physical Contaminate

• Biological Contaminate

• Chemical Contaminate

Abigail is learning about different types of contaminants in her science class. She wants to know which category cleaner products fall into.

• Physical Contaminate

• Biological Contaminate

• Chemical Contaminate

Hannah is learning about different types of contaminants in her science class. She wants to know which category sanitizers fall into.

• Chemical Contaminant

• Biological Contaminant

• Physical Contaminant

When cutting her vegetables, Maya noticed the cleaning spray was not dried on the countertop. What type of contaminant are these polishes considered?

• Physical contaminant

• Chemical contaminant

• Biological contaminant

James is tasked with cleaning the milkshake machine at work. He noticed that the lubricant he used to grease the machine parts got inside the milkshake mixture. What type of contamination did he cause?

• biological impurity

• chemical impurity

• physical impurity

Rohan is concerned about toxic metals that leach from cookware into food. What type of contaminant is this?

• physical contaminant

• biological contaminant

• chemical contaminant