Food safety

Food safety

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

Industry: Food (other)

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Food safety

Monosodium glutamate (MSG)

Food (other); Food safety

MSG is a flavour enhancer. It comes from a common amino acid, glutamic acid, and must be declared as monosodium glutamate on meat and poultry labels.

Microorganism

Food (other); Food safety

A form of life that can be seen only with a microscope; including bacteria, viruses, yeast, and single-celled animals.

Migration

Food (other); Food safety

Transfer of a component of a packaging material into the product contained, or loss of a component of the product into the packaging material.

Smoke flavouring

Food (other); Food safety

After curing, some hams are smoked. Smoke flavouring (or smoked) is a process by which ham is hung in a smokehouse and allowed to absorb smoke from smouldering fires. This gives added flavour and ...

Renderer

Food (other); Food safety

A business engaged in the separation of fats from animal tissue by heating.

Risk analysis

Food (other); Food safety

The assessment and management of hazards that cause harm (risk) to human health and the communication of how those hazards can be controlled, reduced or eliminated.

Verification

Food (other); Food safety

The use of methods, procedures, or tests by supervisors, designated personnel, or regulators to determine if the food safety system based on the HACCP principles is working to control identified ...