... parasite.fast foods (fast service foods) General term used for a limitedmenu of foods that lend themselves to production line tech-niques; suppliers tend to specialise in products such as ham-burgers, ... of toxic compounds nat-urally present in foods, resulting from chemical contamination orformed by micro-organisms.See also adverse reactions to food; food poisoning. food phosphate factor ... con-sumption. Hence food scientist. food technology The application of science and technology to thetreatment, processing, preservation and distribution of foods.Hence food technologist.food...