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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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artificial coloring
Food (other); Food safety
A coloring containing any dye or pigment manufactured by a process of synthesis or other similar artifice, or a coloring which was manufactured by extracting naturally produced dyes or pigments from ...
artificial flavoring
Food (other); Food safety
Artificial flavors are restricted to an ingredient which was manufactured by a process of synthesis or similar process. The principal components of artificial flavors usually are esters, ketones, and ...
aseptic packaging
Food (other); Food safety
Technique for creating a shelf-stable container by placing a commercially sterile product into a commercially sterile container in a commercially sterile environment. The sealed container is designed ...
automated import information system (AIIS)
Food (other); Food safety
A centralized FSIS database that stores inspection results and provides a record of how each exporting country maintains inspection controls.
bacon
Food (other); Food safety
The cured belly of a swine carcass. If meat from other portions of the carcass is used, the product name must be qualified to identify the portions, e.g., “Pork Shoulder Bacon.” “Certified” refers to ...
bacteria
Food (other); Food safety
Living single-cell organisms. Bacteria can be carried by water, wind, insects, plants, animals, and people and survive well on skin and clothes and in human hair. They also thrive in scabs, scars, ...
baste
Food (other); Food safety
To moisten meat or other food while cooking. Melted butter or other fat, meat drippings, or liquid such as stock is spooned or brushed on food as it cooks to moisten it.
