What is the primary mode of transmission of microorganisms to food and food contact surfaces?

The answer;
Through hands;
The primary mode of transmission of microorganisms to food contact surfaces is your hands.

Explanation;
Hands are contaminated through the touching of other parts of the body, using the restroom, Handling or caring for animals, coughing, sneezing, blowing nose, handling raw meat/poultry, Handling garbage/dirty dishes, Handling money, among other ways.
Contaminated hands in turn contaminate food and food contact surfaces.

Competition. interaction among organisms that compete for the same natural resource (food, shelter, water, space) in an ecosystem. predation. an interaction in which one organism kills another for food. predator. prey. symbiosis. mutualisum. commensalisum. parasitisum.

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