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Food safety
Scientific practice in the handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness.
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performance based inspection system (PBIS)
Food (other); Food safety
A computer-based system used by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The system organizes inspection requirements, schedules inspection activities, and maintains records of findings for meat ...
voluntary inspection
Food (other); Food safety
Under the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), FSIS provides voluntary inspection of exotic animal products. Voluntary inspection is conducted by ...
The Food Threat Preparedness Network (PrepNet)
Food (other); Food safety
The Food Threat Preparedness Network (PrepNet) functions across Federal departments to ensure effective coordination of food security efforts throughout the Government. PrepNet is co-chaired by the ...
sugar cured
Food (other); Food safety
A term that may appear on ham labels if cane or beet sugar is at least half the sweetening ingredients used and if the sugar is used in an amount sufficient to flavor and/or affect the appearance of ...
scrapie
Food (other); Food safety
A fatal, degenerative neurological disease of sheep and goats. Belonging to a family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), scrapie is similar to bovine spongiform ...
standards of identity for food
Food (other); Food safety
Mandatory, federally-set requirements that determine what a food product must contain in order to be marketed under a certain name in interstate commerce. Mandatory standards (which differ from ...
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Food (other); Food safety
The international organization established by the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations to oversee implementation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the agreements arising ...
