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

The process of testing for a substance to determine what it is and what its components are. The results are reported in terms of the presence or absence of particular components, based on the size of ...

Zoonotic diseases

Food (other); Food safety

Diseases that under natural conditions are communicable from animals to humans. Anthrax, Brucellosis, Psittacosis, Rabies, Tuberculosis, and Tularemia are example of zoonotic diseases. Brucellosis in ...

Surveillance

Food (other); Food safety

A system of monitoring the health of the population, which is used to prevent foodborne illness outbreaks from increasing.

Risk communication

Food (other); Food safety

Exchanges of information among risk assessors, risk managers, other stakeholders, and the public about levels of health or environmental risk, the significance and meaning of those risks, and the ...

Horsemeat for beef

Food (other); Food safety

An international food scandal that involves mixing horsemeat with processed beef and then labelling the meat products such as hamburgers and lasagnas as containing 100% beef. Although eating ...