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Food safety
Scientific practice in the handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness.
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lard
Food (other); Food safety
Lard is the fat rendered from clean and sound edible tissues from swine.
listeria
Food (other); Food safety
Listeria monocytogenes, a pathogenic bacterium that can be carried in a variety of foods such as dairy products, red meat, poultry, seafood, and vegetables.
log reduction
Food (other); Food safety
“Log” stands for logarithm, which is the exponent of 10. For example, log2 represents 102 or 10 x 10 or 100. Log reduction stands for a 10-fold or one decimal or 90% reduction in numbers of ...
mad cow disease
Food (other); Food safety
The common term used for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).
market withdrawal
Food (other); Food safety
A firm’s removal or correction by its own volition of a distributed product that involves a minor infraction that would not warrant legal action by FSIS, or that involves no violation of the FMIA or ...
