Food safety

Food safety

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

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U.S. passed for cooking

Food (other); Food safety

This term means that the meat or meat byproduct so identified has been inspected and passed on condition that it be cooked.

Chemically, a compound or molecule containing carbon bound to hydrogen. Organic compounds make up all living matter. The term organic frequently is used to distinguish “natural” products or processes ...

rancid/rancidity

Food (other); Food safety

Oxidation/breakdown of fat that occurs naturally, causing undesirable smell and taste.

sell by date

Food (other); Food safety

A calendar date on the packaging of a food product that indicates the last day the product can be sold.

viscus

Food (other); Food safety

An internal organ of a human or animal.

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Food (other); Food safety

The department of the Federal government responsible for enhancing the quality of life for the American people by supporting the production of Agriculture. This mission is achieved through: 1) ...

transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE)

Food (other); Food safety

A family of diseases sharing some common characteristics, including a prolonged incubation period ranging from a few months to years and progressively debilitating neurological illnesses, which are ...