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SANITATION
Sanitation is a term for the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste materials, particularly human excrement and urine. Sanitation is an important public health measure which is essential for the prevention of disease. Sanitation is particulary important in isolation of water supply systems from sewage discharge. A considerable fraction of the world is lacking adequate basic sanitation; partly this deficiency has an economic root, but it is primarily a result of overcrowding and overpopulation, since the earth's land and water resources have a limited carrying capacity for sanitation needs.
Definition for the food industry: Sanitize means to adequately treat food-contact surfaces by a process that is effective in destroying vegetative cells of microorganisms of public health significance, and in substantially reducing numbers of other undesirable microorganisms, but without adversely affecting the product or its safety for the consumer (FDA, Code of Federal Regulations,21CFR110, USA)
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