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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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Ruminant
Food (other); Food safety
An animal with a stomach that has four compartments, and a more complex digestive system than other mammals. Ruminants include cattle, sheep, goats, deer, bison, elk, and camels. Swine, dogs, and ...
Veterinary equivalency
Food (other); Food safety
The mutual recognition by two or more countries that each party's safety and sanitation standards for animal products, even where not identical, provide an equivalent level of protection to public ...
Salmonella
Food (other); Food safety
A pathogenic, diarrhea-producing bacterium that is the leading cause of human foodborne illness among intestinal pathogens. It is commonly found in raw meats, poultry, milk, and eggs, but other foods ...
U.S. suspect
Food (other); Food safety
The livestock so identified is suspected of being affected with a disease or condition which may require its condemnation, in whole or in part, when slaughtered, and is subject to further examination ...
Young turkey
Food (other); Food safety
A turkey, usually under eight months of age, that is tender-meated with soft, pliable, smooth-textured skin, and breastbone cartilage that is somewhat less flexible than in a fryer-roaster turkey.
Yersinia enterocolita
Food (other); Food safety
A pathogen which causes yersiniosis, a disease characterised by diarrhoea and/or vomiting. Yersinia is found in raw meat, seafood, dairy products, produce, and untreated water.
Sanitation
Food (other); Food safety
The act of maintaining a clean condition in a food-handling situation in order to prevent disease and other potentially harmful contaminants.
