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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
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Food (other); Food safety
A UN organization, founded in 1945, that collects and disseminates information about world agriculture. FAO also provides technical assistance to developing countries in agricultural production and ...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food (other); Food safety
An agency within the Public Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services. FDA is a public health agency, charged with protecting consumers by enforcing the Federal Food, Drug, and ...
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
Food (other); Food safety
The USDA agency whose goals are to provide needy people with access to a more nutritious diet, to improve the eating habits of the nation’s children, and to stabilize farm prices through the ...
Food Biosecurity Action Team (F-BAT)
Food (other); Food safety
The USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety formed the Food Biosecurity Action Team (F-BAT) to coordinate and facilitate all activities pertaining to biosecurity, countering terrorism, and emergency ...
food code
Food (other); Food safety
The code, published by the Food and Drug Administration, consists of model requirements for safeguarding public health that may be adopted and used by various parts of local, state, and federal ...
food isolate
Food (other); Food safety
A microorganism that is derived from food for the purpose of identifying or characterizing it.
Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Food (other); Food safety
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation’s commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg ...
