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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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Food safety
The Food Safety Educator
Food (other); Food safety
The Food Safety Educator is a free quarterly newsletter published by FSIS’ Food Safety Education Staff that reports on new food safety educational programs and materials as well as emerging science ...
National Food Safety Initiative
Food (other); Food safety
A 1997 interagency initiative among the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Disease Control, Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement a series of ...
food security
Food (other); Food safety
Access by all people at all times to enough food for an active healthy life. Food security at a minimum includes the ready availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, and an assured ability ...
food thermometer
Food (other); Food safety
A special device that measures the internal temperature of cooked foods, such as meat, poultry, and any combination dishes to ensure that a safe food temperature is reached.
foodborne illnesses
Food (other); Food safety
Illnesses caused by pathogens that enter the human body through foods.
foodborne outbreak
Food (other); Food safety
The occurrence of two or more people experiencing the same illness after eating the same food.
foodborne pathogens
Food (other); Food safety
Disease-causing microorganisms found in food, usually bacteria, fungi, parasites, protozoans, and viruses. The top ten pathogens are: Salmonella; Staphylococcus Aureus; Campylobacter jejuni; Yersinia ...
