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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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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)
Food (other); Food safety
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 ...
