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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

campylobacter

Food (other); Food safety

Campylobacter is a bacterium that is commonly found in the intestinal tracts of cats, dogs, poultry, cattle, swine, rodents, monkeys, wild birds, and some humans. The bacteria pass through feces to ...

campylobacteriosis

Food (other); Food safety

A diarrheal disease often caused by the type of bacteria known as Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) associated with poultry, raw milk, and water. There are an estimated 2.5 million cases annually in ...

can

Food (other); Food safety

A receptacle generally having less than 10 gallon capacity (consumer or institutional sizes); also means to pack a product in a can or a wide-mouth glass container for processing, shipping or ...

capacolla

Food (other); Food safety

Boneless pork shoulder butts which are dry cured; not necessarily cooked.

capon

Food (other); Food safety

A surgically unsexed male chicken, usually under eight months of age, that is tender-meated with soft, pliable, smooth-textured skin.

captive bolt

Food (other); Food safety

An instrument used to stun cattle prior to slaughter. The bolt is driven into the animal’s brain, rendering it unconscious.

carcass

Food (other); Food safety

All parts of any slaughtered livestock.

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