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

A bacterium that lives harmlessly in the intestines of animals such as cattle, reptiles, and birds. However, in humans the bacterium, which can be transmitted by foods, animal contact, and drinking ...

Economic Research Service (ERS)

Food (other); Food safety

The Economic Research Service (ERS) is the main source of economic information and research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The mission of ERS is to inform and enhance public and private ...

edible

Food (other); Food safety

Intended for use as human food.

egg products

Food (other); Food safety

Eggs that are removed from their shells for processing. The processing of egg products includes breaking eggs, filtering, mixing, stabilizing, blending, pasteurizing, cooling, freezing or drying, and ...

Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA)

Food (other); Food safety

The Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA), passed by Congress in 1970, provides for the mandatory continuous inspection of the processing of liquid, frozen, and dried egg products.

emulsifier

Food (other); Food safety

A substance added to products, such as meat spreads, to prevent separation of product components to ensure consistency. Examples of these types of additives include lecithin, and mono- and ...

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Food (other); Food safety

The Federal Agency whose mission is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment &151; air, water, and land &151; upon which life depends. EPA provides leadership in the nation's ...