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Aquí se inspecciona la comida a causa de la intoxicación.

Aquí se inspecciona la comida a causa de la intoxicación.
The food is inspected here because of the poisoning.
From Lesson 428:Causal connectors (debido a, a causa de)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Aquí se inspecciona la comida a causa de la intoxicación.

Why use a causa de here instead of a causa de que?
You use a causa de when it is followed by a noun or noun phrase, like la intoxicación in this sentence. If you wanted to follow it with a conjugated verb clause (for example, "because people got poisoned"), you would need to add que to make it a causa de que.
Does intoxicación mean someone drank too much alcohol?
No, this is a classic false friend! In Spanish, intoxicación refers to poisoning, most commonly food poisoning (intoxicación alimentaria). If you need to talk about drunkenness or alcohol intoxication, you would use words like ebriedad or borrachera.
Could I use por culpa de instead of a causa de?
Yes, but it adds a different flavor. a causa de is a fairly neutral way to say "because of" or "due to". Using por culpa de (literally "by fault of") would sound slightly more negative or complaining, actively blaming the poisoning for the hassle of the inspections.
Why does the sentence use se inspecciona instead of es inspeccionada for "is inspected"?
While es inspeccionada is the literal passive voice and is grammatically correct, it sounds very formal or journalistic. In everyday Spanish, when the person doing the action doesn't matter, speakers strongly prefer the passive se structure seen here: se inspecciona.

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