Food safety

Food safety

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

Contributors in Food safety

Food safety

Organisms that derive nourishment and protection from other living organisms known as hosts. They may be transmitted from animals to humans, from humans to humans, or from humans to animals. Several ...

USDA Homeland Security Council

Food (other); Food safety

The USDA Homeland Security Council is an internal organisation designed to work in partnership with the Office of Homeland Security, the National Security Council, and other Departments. The Council ...

Official mark

Food (other); Food safety

The official inspection legend or any other symbol prescribed by FSIS regulations to identify the status of any article or animal under the Federal Meat Inspection Act.

Vertical coordination

Food (other); Food safety

The process of ensuring that each successive stage in the production, processing, and marketing of a product is appropriately managed and interrelated to the next, so that decisions about what to ...