Food safety

Food safety

Scientific practice in the handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness.

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Pesticide residue tolerance

Food (other); Food safety

The amount of pesticide residue allowed by regulation to remain in or on a food sold in interstate commerce. Whenever a pesticide is registered for use on a food or a feed crop, a tolerance (or ...

Under the authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), FSIS provides voluntary inspection of exotic animal products. Voluntary inspection is conducted by ...

Residue

Food (other); Food safety

Any substance, including metabolites, remaining in livestock at time of slaughter or in carcass tissues after slaughter as the result of treatment or exposure of the livestock to a pesticide, organic ...

U.S. passed for refrigeration

Food (other); Food safety

The meat or meat byproduct so identified has been inspected and passed on condition that it be refrigerated.

Sell by date

Food (other); Food safety

A calendar date on the packaging of a food product that indicates the last day the product can be sold.

U.S. retained

Food (other); Food safety

The carcass, viscera, other part of carcass, or other product, or article so identified is held for further examination by an inspector to determine its disposal.