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  • 52Arthur Hill Hassall — (13 December 1817, Teddington 9 April 1894, San Remo) was a British physician, chemist and microscopist who is primarily known for his work in public health and food safety.He entered medicine through apprenticeship in 1834 to his uncle Sir James …

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  • 53Bradford sweets poisoning — The Bradford sweets poisoning was the accidental arsenic poisoning of more than 200 people in Bradford, England in 1858; an estimated 20 people died when sweets accidentally made with arsenic were sold from a market stall. The event contributed… …

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  • 542007 pet food recalls — The 2007 pet food recalls comprise the contamination and wide recall of many brands of cat and dog foods beginning in March 2007, and the ensuing developments involving the human food supply. The recalls in North America, Europe, and South Africa …

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  • 55contamination — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. impurity, pollution, adulteration, corruption, defilement, foulness, rottenness, spoliation, disease, decay, pestilence, contagion, taint, infection, poisoning; see also pollution . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …

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  • 56pollution — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. contamination, corruption, defilement, adulteration, blight, soiling, fouling, foulness, taint, tainting, polluting, decomposition, desecration, profanation, abuse, deterioration, rottenness, spoliation, impairment, misuse …

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  • 57adulterate — (v.) 1530s, back formation from adulteration, or else from L. adulteratus, pp. of adulterare to falsify, corrupt, also to commit adultery (see ADULTERATION (Cf. adulteration)). Earlier verb was adulter (late 14c.). Related: Adulterated;… …

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  • 58U.S. Food and Drug Administration — Infobox Government agency agency name = Food and Drug Administration parent agency = logo width = 200px logo caption = FDA Logo formed = 1906 [cite web|url=http://www.fda.gov/centennial/|title=FDA Centennial 1906 2006|accessdate=2008 09… …

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  • 59Vinegar — is a liquid substance consisting mainly of acetic acid and water, the acetic acid being produced through the fermentation of ethanol by acetic acid bacteria.[1]. Commercial vinegar is produced either by fast or slow fermentation processes. Slow… …

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  • 60Diogenes of Sinope — (Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς) Diogenes by John William Waterhouse, depicting his lamp, tub, and diet of onions Full name Diogenes of Sinope (Διογένης ὁ Σινωπεύς) Born …

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