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

Flavor enhancers that can be used in meat and poultry products. They are made from protein obtained from a plant source such as soy or wheat, or from an animal source, such as milk. The source used ...

incidental additives

Food (other); Food safety

As defined in the Food and Drug Administration regulations (21 CFR 101.100(a)(3)), incidental additives are substances present in foods at insignificant levels that do not serve a technical or ...

inedible

Food (other); Food safety

Adulterated, uninspected, or not intended for use as human food.

inhumane slaughter

Food (other); Food safety

Slaughter of livestock that is not in accordance with the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1978 and FSIS regulations promulgated to enforce the Act. Inadequate methods to prevent pain and suffering ...

inspected and passed

Food (other); Food safety

This term means that the product so identified has been inspected and passed under the regulations in CFR, and at the time it was inspected, passed, and identified, it was found to be not ...

inspector

Food (other); Food safety

An inspector of the Program.

inspector in charge

Food (other); Food safety

A designated program employee who is in charge of one or more official establishments within a circuit and is responsible to the circuit supervisor or his/her designee.