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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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Survey
Food (other); Food safety
A tool used by epidemiologists to understand the state of health of the population or to identify the source of a foodborne outbreak.
Pork bellies
Food (other); Food safety
One of the major cuts of the hog carcass that, when cured, becomes bacon.
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 concentration of a certain ...
Qualitative risk assessment
Food (other); Food safety
A risk assessment that is based on qualitative data or giving a qualitative result. The results are often stated in an estimated range, such as "there is a moderate to high risk of a certain outcome ...
Absorbent packing
Food (other); Food safety
Material within a package which absorbs liquids from product; pad in meat trays is made from paper and has a plastic liner.
Accredited laboratory programme (ALP)
Food (other); Food safety
The Accredited Laboratory programme accredits nonfederal analytical chemistry laboratories to analyse meat and poultry food products for moisture, protein, fat, and salt (MPFS) content, and/or ...
Acceptable daily intake (ADI)
Food (other); Food safety
An estimate by the Joint Food and Agricultural organisation (United Nations)/World Health organisation Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the amount of a veterinary drug, expressed on a ...
