Food safety

Food safety

Scientific practice in the handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness.

Contributors in Food safety

Food safety

An estimate by the Joint Food and Agricultural Organization (United Nations)/World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the amount of a veterinary drug, expressed on a ...

accredited laboratory program (ALP)

Food (other); Food safety

The Accredited Laboratory Program accredits nonfederal analytical chemistry laboratories to analyze meat and poultry food products for moisture, protein, fat, and salt (MPFS) content, and/or certain ...

acronyms

Food (other); Food safety

A list of popular acronyms used widely by and within Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

advanced meat recovery (AMR)

Food (other); Food safety

Product derived from AMR systems is defined as “meat.” AMR is a process that uses machinery to separate edible meat from bones by scraping, shaving, or pressing the meat from the bone. AMR machinery ...

adulterated food

Food (other); Food safety

Generally, impure, unsafe, or unwholesome; however, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act ...

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)

Food (other); Food safety

USDA agency that establishes standards for grades of cotton, tobacco, meat, dairy products, eggs, fruits, and vegetables. It also operates inspection, grading, and market news services, and provides ...

Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

Food (other); Food safety

USDA agency employing federal scientists to conduct basic,applied, and developmental research in the following fields: livestock; plants; soil, water and air quality; energy; food safety and quality; ...