Based on the epidemiological evidence, the major transmission pathway of bird flu is a foodborne transmission of the virus to humans.

Recently, the WHO has classified both red meat and processed meat as “probably carcinogenic to humans.” 

Water binding capacity is an equilibrium value determined after some external stress is applied to the food, e.g., squeezing a piece of meat at some pressure and then stating that the water left is the bound water.

An abnormal prion is a transmissible agent containing DNA and RNA that can induce abnormal folding of normal cellular prion proteins in the brain, leading to brain damage and the characteristics signs and symptoms of the disease.

Biofilm cells offered greater resistance when compared to their planktonic counterparts. Such biofilm cells in a food processing unit are not usually removed by the normal cleaning procedure and therefore could be a source of contamination of foods coming in contact with such surfaces.

Lipid oxidation is a general term that is used to describe a complex sequence of chemical changes that result from the interaction of lipids with oxygen. It can be measured using _____. This method determines the amount of _____, a major secondary byproduct of lipid oxidation.

The man who created the long-playing record was:

Scombroid fish poisoning is caused by the ingestion of foods that contain high levels of _____.  

_____ are the general term designated for tissues of ruminant animals that transmit BSE and other TSE prions. The exact definition varies by jurisdiction. On January 12, 2004, the U.S. banned such substances from the human food supply. Moreover, the U.S. will prohibit some of them in animal feedstuffs beginning on April 27, 2009.

Histamine fish poisoning most likely to occur when fish have not been chilled immediately after being caught.