Food safety

Food safety

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

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custom exempt

Food (other); Food safety

Custom exempt establishments are slaughter and processing establishments which are not subject to the routine inspection requirements of the Federal Meat Inspection Act and Poultry Products ...

cutting up

Food (other); Food safety

Any division of any carcass or part thereof, except that the trimming of carcasses or parts thereof to remove surface contaminants is not considered as cutting up.

dead livestock

Food (other); Food safety

The body (cadaver) of livestock which has died otherwise than by slaughter.

The Delaney Clause in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) states that no additive shall be deemed to be safe for human food if it is found to induce cancer in man or animals. It is an ...

deli or delicatessen style

Food (other); Food safety

This terminology has been permitted on labeling for ready-to-eat meat food products that consumers would normally expect to find in a delicatessen.

diglycerides, monoglycerides

Food (other); Food safety

Emulsifying agents for rendered fats.

dioxins

Food (other); Food safety

A group of chemical compounds that share certain similar chemical structures and biological characteristics. Dioxins are present in the environment all over the world. Within animals, dioxins tend to ...