The act of storing toothpicks on shelves above food in storage can lead to a physcial contamination of the food stored.
What is Physical contamination of food?
Physical contamination of food is the direct contact of a foreign object with the food substance(s). This can affect us when eating because we might not know that such a foreign object has been prepared with the food.
It is advisable to keep foreign objects such as toothpicks away from our food storage or a place whereby they will not have the tendency of coming in contact with our food substance, either knowingly or unknowingly.
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