Food safety

Food safety

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

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Parma ham

Food (other); Food safety

Parma Ham is prosciutto from the Parma locale in Italy. These hams tend to be larger than the U.S. produced product, as Italian hogs are larger at slaughter.

Performance based inspection system (PBIS)

A computer-based system used by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The system organises inspection requirements, schedules inspection activities, and maintains records of findings for meat ...

Partially defatted beef

Food (other); Food safety

These are byproducts produced from fatty trimmings containing less than 12% lean meat. These ingredients may be used in meat products in which byproducts are acceptable.

Depth of recall

Food (other); Food safety

The level of product distribution to which the recall is to extend: # Consumer - This includes household consumers as well as all other levels of distribution. # Retail Level - The level that ...

U.S. condemned

Food (other); Food safety

The livestock so identified has been inspected and found to be in a dying condition, or to be affected with any other condition or disease that would require condemnation of its carcass.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Food (other); Food safety

An agency within the Public Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services. FDA is a public health agency, charged with protecting consumers by enforcing the Federal Food, Drug, and ...

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)

Food (other); Food safety

The USDA agency whose goals are to provide needy people with access to a more nutritious diet, to improve the eating habits of the nation's children, and to stabilise farm prices through the ...