Food safety

Food safety

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

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migration

Food (other); Food safety

Transfer of a component of a packaging material into the product contained, or loss of a component of the product into the packaging material.

This term applies to any carcass, part thereof, meat or meat food product under one or more of the following circumstances: 1) If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular; 2) If it is ...

modified atmosphere packaging (MAP)

Food (other); Food safety

Packaging method in which a combination of gases such as oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen is introduced into the package at the time of closure. The purpose is to extend shelf life of the product ...

modified food starch

Food (other); Food safety

Starch that has been chemically altered to improve its thickening properties. Before the starch is modified, it is separated from the protein through isolation techniques; therefore, the source of ...

monosodium glutamate (MSG)

Food (other); Food safety

MSG is a flavor enhancer. It comes from a common amino acid, glutamic acid, and must be declared as monosodium glutamate on meat and poultry labels.

mutton

Food (other); Food safety

Meat from sheep more than one year old.

National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF)

Food (other); Food safety

The purpose of the Committee is to provide impartial, scientific advice to Federal food safety agencies for use in the development of an integrated national food safety systems approach from farm to ...