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

The Consumer Safety Officer (CSO), a professional position created by FSIS in 2001, serves as a representative of a district office within the agency. The CSO’s duties include focusing on in-plant ...

continuous inspection

Food (other); Food safety

USDA’s meat and poultry inspection system is often called “continuous” because no animal destined for human food may be slaughtered or dressed unless an inspector is present to examine it before ...

controlled atmosphere packaging (CAP)

Food (other); Food safety

Packaging method in which selected atmospheric concentrations of gases are maintained throughout storage in order to extend product shelf life. Gas may either be evacuated or introduced to achieve ...

corned beef

Food (other); Food safety

Corning is a form of curing one of the several less-tender cuts of beef like the brisket, rump or round. It has nothing to do with corn. The name comes from Anglo-Saxon times before refrigeration. In ...

rock cornish game hen

Food (other); Food safety

A rock cornish game hen or cornish game hen is a young immature chicken (usually five to six weeks of age) weighing not more than two pounds ready-to-cook weight, which was prepared from a cornish ...

rock cornish fryer, roaster, or hen

Food (other); Food safety

A rock cornish fryer, roaster, or hen is the progeny of a cross between a purebred Cornish and a purebred Rock chicken, without regard to the weight of the carcass involved; however, the term ...