spoilage

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  1. noun The process of becoming spoiled.
  2. noun The condition of being spoiled.
  3. noun Something that has been spoiled.

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  • She breathed in the salt air as it mingled with the smells of cotton candy and sea weed and spoilage, and her eyes were like fireworks of green and gold sparks. —  F ;SF; - vol 102 issue 06 - June 2002
  • Another area that has achieved exceptional growth in the second quarter was the Soleris product line, used primarily by food producers and processors to detect spoilage organisms in finished products destined for the consumer market. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • We have had particularly good strength in the nutraceutical market for the placement of instruments, but there are a lot of other opportunities for that particular technology where there is an economic value to not having to hold inventory for as long as needed because you can detect these spoilage organisms much faster with this Soleris instrument and the disposable vials that we sell to it. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
  • The interaction between these potential protective cultures and the spoilage organisms, Leuconostoc mesenteroides (LM4) and Brochothrix thermosphacta (BT1), were examined in co-culture studies on a model cooked ham product at 7 degrees C under vacuum packaged conditions. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • All too often he takes the easy way out and fills the area with all types of spoilage which only creates another problem area in the landscape. —  RNews - TOP STORIES
 

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/ˈspɔɪlədʒ/
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