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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Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

Food (other); Food safety

P.L. 94-469 (October 11, 1976) authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate toxic substances (any chemical that may present a risk of unreasonable harm to man or the environment). By ...

state inspection program

Food (other); Food safety

Often refers to the state-run meat and poultry inspection programs to which USDA contributes 50% of the cost. State programs (about half the states use them) must be certified by USDA to be at least ...

souse

Food (other); Food safety

Seasoned and chopped pork trimmings.

renderer

Food (other); Food safety

A business engaged in the separation of fats from animal tissue by heating.

plasticizer

Food (other); Food safety

Material added during the manufacturing process to increase flexibility; for example, the plasticizer ATBC (acetyl tributyl citrate), used in such DowBrands™ as Saran™ and Handiwrap™, is made from ...

roasting chicken

Food (other); Food safety

A bird of this class is a young chicken, usually three to five months of age, of either sex, that is tender-meated with soft, pliable, smooth-textured skin and breastbone cartilage that may be ...

canning or bottling

Food (other); Food safety

Food preservation that involves cooking of the food, sealing the food in cans or jars that are sterile, and boiling of the containers to eliminate or weaken microorganisms as a form of sterilization.