Equivalence

Equivalence

A term applied by the Uruguay Round Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures. WTO Member countries shall accord acceptance to the SPS measures of other countries (even if those measures differ from their own or from those used by other Member countries trading in the same product) if the exporting country demonstrates to the importing country that its measures achieve the importer's appropriate level of sanitary and phytosanitary protection.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Food (other)
Category: Food safety
Company: USDA
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

equivalence

Language; Translation & localization; Translation

A central term in linguistics-based translation studies, relating to the relationship of similarity between source text and target text segments. Also one of Vinay and Darbelnet’s ...

equivalent

Language; Translation & localization; Translation

A target text segment or even full text which functions as an equivalent of the source text segment.

equivalent

Education; SAT vocabulary

Equal in value, force, meaning, or the like.

equivalence

Economy; International trade

In sanitary-phytosanitary measures (SPS): governments recognizing other countries' measures as acceptable even if they are different from their own, so long as an equivalent level ...

equivalence

Computer; Software; Unicode standard

In the context of text processing, the process or result of establishing whether two text elements are identical in some respect.

horsemeat for beef

Food (other); Food safety

An international food scandal that involves mixing horsemeat with processed beef and then labeling the meat products such as hamburgers and lasagnas as containing 100% beef. ...

sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOPs)

Food (other); Food safety

Refers to the sanitation procedures that meat and poultry plants use, both before and during production, to prevent contamination of products. Site-specific SSOPs were required to ...

yersinia enterocolita

Food (other); Food safety

A pathogen which causes yersiniosis, a disease characterized by diarrhea and/or vomiting. Yersinia is found in raw meat, seafood, dairy products, produce, and untreated water.

organoleptic

Food (other); Food safety

Related to or perceived by a sensory organ.

PulseNet

Food (other); Food safety

FSIS participates in PulseNet, a national network of public health laboratories directed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PulseNet performs DNA ...

quantitative analysis

Food (other); Food safety

The process of testing for a substance to determine how much of it there is and the numerical value of each of its components. An example would be testing for the amount or ...