Food safety

Food safety

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

Industry: Food (other)

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Food safety

National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI)

Food (other); Food safety

Congress established the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection in 1971 under authority of the Federal Meat and Inspection Act (FMIA) and the Poultry Products Inspection Acts ...

National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

An institution created by Congress in 1863 to provide science-based advice to the government. The sister organizations associated with the Academy are the National Academy of Engineers, Institute of ...

National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS)

Food (other); Food safety

A collaborative agreement established in 1996 with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The NARMS program ...

National Agricultural Library (NAL)

Food (other); Food safety

A national depository of scientific and popular agricultural information located at the Agricultural Research Service’s research center in Beltsville, Maryland. NAL’s administration was merged with ...

National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)

Food (other); Food safety

USDA agency that collects and publishes statistics on the U.S. food and fiber system, with offices located in each state’s department of agriculture.

National Early Warning System

Food (other); Food safety

A program run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to increase federal support to state health departments to detect foodborne diseases by increasing the number of scientists available ...

natural

Food (other); Food safety

A product containing no artificial ingredient or added color that is only minimally processed (a process which does not fundamentally alter the raw product) may be labeled natural. The label must ...