Geruchsabweichung

English translation: abnormal odour/ unusual smell

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German term or phrase:Geruchsabweichung
English translation:abnormal odour/ unusual smell
Entered by: Olaf Reibedanz

22:11 Feb 17, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary
German term or phrase: Geruchsabweichung
Biologische Gefährdung [von Lebensmitteln]: Geruchsabweichung durch mikrobiologischen Verderb
Olaf Reibedanz
Colombia
Local time: 19:01
abnormal odour
Explanation:
maybe something in this direction ...

Buy only those seafoods which are fresh and free from abnormal odour.
http://www.fehd.gov.hk/publications/text/food_hygiene.html

Tainted: Fish that is rancid or has an abnormal odour or flavour
www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/ fispoi/manman/fpimip/define.shtml

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Note added at 18 mins (2004-02-17 22:29:33 GMT)
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not only for fish, though:

from cracked jars or with loose or bulging lids; from containers that spurt liquid when opened; or any canned food that has an abnormal odour or appearance
http://www.foodsafetyindia.nic.in/closbot.htm
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Michael Pauls
Germany
Local time: 02:01
Grading comment
Many thanks everybody!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4abnormal odour
Michael Pauls
2 +2off smell
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
off smell


Explanation:
Can't find it in English (you may know the problem) but this term came to mind.

Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Meat Quality ...
... the following attributes: tenderness, juiciness, hardness, intensity smell, meat
smell, subacid smell, rank pig smell, rancid smell, off smell, intensity taste ...
gen.ar.wroc.pl/material/pig1.htm - 6k

[PDF] FSnet 11/21/96 WHAT FOODS TO THROW OUT WHEN POWER IS RESTORED Nov. ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... You're likely to have an off smell before the food is unsafe to eat." Frozen fruit juices should be safe as long as they don't have an off smell. ...
www.maricopa.gov/envsvc/ENVHLTH/NEWS/power.pdf -

<html> <head> </head><body><pre><html> <head> < ...
... &quot;You&#39;re likely to have an off smell before the food is unsafe to eat.&quot; Frozen fruit juices should be safe as long as they don&#39 ...
131.104.232.9/fsnet/1996/11-1996/fs-11-21-96-01.txt - 15k

Farmnote 41/96 : Post-harvest handling of cucumber, lettuce and ...
... The cucumbers must neither be bitter nor have any off-smell and taste. ... They should be clean, free from foreign matter, off-smell or taste. ...
agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au/agency/ pubns/farmnote/1996/f04196.htm - 11k

Wine Education Site - Disarming the Snotty Wine Steward
... better. If the smell is strong, send it back. Wet Cardboard is the most common off smell. It is a slightly moldy smell as well. ...
www.wineeducation.org/Stew.html - 11k - 16 Feb 2004



writeaway
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 37

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gisela Greenlee: that was the first expression that came to my mind - 0ff-smell
1 hr

agree  Edith Kelly: off-smell (used for beverages spoiled by the so-called spoilage organisms), in line with off-taste
8 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
abnormal odour


Explanation:
maybe something in this direction ...

Buy only those seafoods which are fresh and free from abnormal odour.
http://www.fehd.gov.hk/publications/text/food_hygiene.html

Tainted: Fish that is rancid or has an abnormal odour or flavour
www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/ fispoi/manman/fpimip/define.shtml

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Note added at 18 mins (2004-02-17 22:29:33 GMT)
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not only for fish, though:

from cracked jars or with loose or bulging lids; from containers that spurt liquid when opened; or any canned food that has an abnormal odour or appearance
http://www.foodsafetyindia.nic.in/closbot.htm

Michael Pauls
Germany
Local time: 02:01
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks everybody!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger
10 mins

agree  TRANSRAPID: or maybe abnormal smell - unusal smell
16 mins

agree  roneill
2 hrs

agree  Mario Marcolin: unusual smell
7 hrs
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