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- 03:57, November 15, 2007 diff hist +282 New! Further Processing New page: Smoking, cooking, canning, curing, refining, or rendering in an official establishment of product previously prepared in official establishments. ==References== [http://www.fsis.usda.g...
- 03:57, November 15, 2007 diff hist +306 New! Fryer-Roaster Turkey New page: A young immature turkey, usually under 16 weeks of age, of either sex, that is tender-meated with soft, pliable, smooth-textured skin, and flexible breastbone cartilage. ==References==...
- 03:57, November 15, 2007 diff hist +306 New! Fresh Poultry New page: A young immature turkey, usually under 16 weeks of age, of either sex, that is tender-meated with soft, pliable, smooth-textured skin, and flexible breastbone cartilage. ==References==...
- 03:57, November 15, 2007 diff hist +323 New! Fresh Ham New page: The uncured leg of pork. Since the meat is not cured or smoked, it has the flavor of a fresh pork loin roast or pork chops. Its raw color is pinkish red and after cooking, greyish whit...
- 03:57, November 15, 2007 diff hist +197 New! Free Range or Free Roaming New page: Livestock or poultry has been allowed access to the outside. ==References== [http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/index.asp USDA Index] [[Category:United States Government Word Defi...
- 03:57, November 15, 2007 diff hist +859 New! Frankfurters New page: Cooked and/or smoked sausages prepared according to the Federal standards of identity. Federal standards of identity describe the requirements for processors to follow in formulating and m...
- 03:57, November 15, 2007 diff hist +666 New! Foreign Agricultural Service New page: USDA agency that administers agricultural export and food aid programs. FAS is also responsible for formulating agricultural trade policy, negotiating to reduce foreign agricultural tr...
- 03:56, November 15, 2007 diff hist +458 New! Foot and Mouth disease New page: A highly contagious viral disease of cattle and swine, as well as sheep, goats, deer, and other cloven-hoofed ruminants. Although rarely transmissible to humans, FMD is devastating...
- 03:56, November 15, 2007 diff hist +949 New! FoodNet New page: The Foodborne diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) is the principal foodborne disease component of CDC's Emerging Infections Program (EIP). FoodNet is a collaborative...
- 03:56, November 15, 2007 diff hist +667 New! Foodborne Pathogens New page: Disease-causing microorganisms found in food, usually bacteria, fungi, parasites, protozoans, and viruses. The top ten pathogens are: Salmonella; [[Staphylococc...
- 03:50, November 15, 2007 diff hist +76 New! Product New page: A '''product''' is a commodity offered for sale. Category:Economics
- 03:48, November 15, 2007 diff hist +352 New! Flash Pasteurization New page: A pasteurization process which involves a high temperature, short-time treatment in which pourable products, such as juices, are heated for three to 15 seconds to a temperature that de...
- 03:48, November 15, 2007 diff hist +231 New! Foodborne Outbreak New page: The occurrence of two or more people experiencing the same illness after eating the same food. ==References== [http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/index.asp USDA Index] [[Category:...
- 03:48, November 15, 2007 diff hist +211 New! Foodborne Illnesses New page: Illnesses caused by pathogens that enter the human body through foods. ==References== [http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/index.asp USDA Index] [[Category:United States Govern...
- 03:48, November 15, 2007 diff hist +322 New! Food Thermometer New page: A special device that measures the internal temperature of cooked foods, such as meat, poultry, and any combination dishes to ensure that a safe food temperature is reached...
- 03:48, November 15, 2007 diff hist +659 New! Food security New page: Access by all people at all times to enough food for an active healthy life. Food security at a minimum includes the ready availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, and...
- 03:48, November 15, 2007 diff hist +532 New! Food Safety and Inspection Service New page: The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation’s commercial supply of meat, ...
- 03:48, November 15, 2007 diff hist +231 New! Food Isolate New page: A microorganism that is derived from food for the purpose of identifying or characterizing it. ==References== [http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/index.asp USDA Index] [[Category:...
- 03:48, November 15, 2007 diff hist +494 New! Food Code New page: The code, published by the Food and Drug Administration, consists of model requirements for safeguarding public health that may be adopted and used by various parts of local, state, and [[...
- 03:48, November 15, 2007 diff hist +491 New! Food Biosecurity Action Team New page: The USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety formed the Food Biosecurity Action Team (F-BAT) to coordinate and facilitate all activities pertaining to biosecurity, countering terrorism, and em...
- 03:48, November 15, 2007 diff hist +757 New! Food and Nutrition Service New page: 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 stabilize farm prices thr...
- 03:48, November 15, 2007 diff hist +401 New! Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations New page: A UN organization, founded in 1945, that collects and disseminates information about world agriculture. FAO also provides technical assistance to developing countries in agricultural produ...
- 03:48, November 15, 2007 diff hist +610 New! Food Additive New page: Any substance or mixture of substances other than the basic foodstuff present in a food as a result of any phase of production, processing, packaging, storage, transport or han...
- 03:47, November 15, 2007 diff hist +596 New! Fight Bac!® Campaign New page: A national public education project by the Partnership for Food Safety Education, which bring together industry, government, and consumer groups to educate Americans about the importance o...
- 03:47, November 15, 2007 diff hist +957 New! Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 New page: Enacted June 30, 1906, as chapter 3913, 34 Stat. 674, and substantially amended by the Wholesome Meat Act 1967 (P.L. 90-201), requires USDA to inspect all cattle, sheep, swine, goats, ...
- 03:47, November 15, 2007 diff hist +772 New! Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 New page: P.L. 75-717 (June 25, 1938) is the basic authority intended to ensure that foods are pure and wholesome, safe to eat, and produced under sanitary conditions; that drugs and devices are...
- 03:47, November 15, 2007 diff hist +198 New! Farm-to-Table Continuum New page: A multi-step journey that food travels before it is consumed. ==References== [http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/index.asp USDA Index] [[Category:United States Government Word Def...
- 03:47, November 15, 2007 diff hist +1,272 New! Farm Bill New page: A phrase that refers to a multi-year, multi-commodity federal support law. It usually amends some and suspends many provisions of permanent law, reauthorizes, amends, or repeals provis...
- 03:47, November 15, 2007 diff hist +727 New! Fabricated Steak New page: Fabricated beef steaks, veal steaks, beef and veal steaks, or veal and beef steaks, and similar products, such as those labeled “Beef Steak, Chopped, Shaped, ...
- 03:47, November 15, 2007 diff hist +391 New! Exotic Newcastle Disease New page: A contagious and fatal viral disease affecting all species of birds. Exotic Newcastle disease is one of the most infectious diseases of poultry in the world. A death ra...
- 03:46, November 15, 2007 diff hist +421 New! Experimental Animal New page: Any animal used in any research investigation involving the feeding or other administration of, or subjection to, an experimental biological product, drug, or chemical or any nonex...
- 03:42, November 15, 2007 diff hist -157 Team1:Strategy
- 03:36, November 14, 2007 diff hist +383 New! Establishment or Official Establishment New page: Any slaughtering, cutting, boning, meat canning, curing, smoking, salting, packing, rendering, or similar facility at which inspection is maintained under regulations of the Federal Meat I...
- 03:36, November 14, 2007 diff hist +558 New! Equivalence New page: A term applied by the Uruguay Round Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures. WTO Member countries shall accord acceptance to the SPS measures of other cou...
- 03:36, November 14, 2007 diff hist +251 New! Epidemiology New page: Study of the distribution of disease, or other health-related conditions and events in human or animal populations, in order to identify health problems and possible causes. ==References==...
- 03:36, November 14, 2007 diff hist +280 New! Emulsifier New page: A substance added to products, such as meat spreads, to prevent separation of product components to ensure consistency. Examples of these types of additives include lecithin, and mono- and...
- 03:36, November 14, 2007 diff hist +584 New! Egg Products New page: Eggs that are removed from their shells for processing. The processing of egg products includes breaking eggs, filtering, mixing, stabilizing, blending, pasteurizing, cooling, freezing or ...
- 03:35, November 14, 2007 diff hist +304 New! Eluviation New page: The movement of material in true solution of colloidal suspension from one place to another within the soil. Soil horizons that have lost material through eluviation are eluvial; those tha...
- 03:35, November 14, 2007 diff hist +109 New! Edible New page: Intended for use as human food. ==References== [http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/index.asp USDA Index]
- 03:35, November 14, 2007 diff hist +255 New! Egg Products Inspection Act New page: The Egg Products Inspection Act (EPIA), passed by Congress in 1970, provides for the mandatory continuous inspection of the processing of liquid, frozen, and dried egg products. ==Referenc...
- 03:35, November 14, 2007 diff hist +844 New! E. coli New page: A bacterium that lives harmlessly in the intestines of animals such as cattle, reptiles, and birds. However, in humans the bacterium, which can be transmitted by foods, animal contact, and...
- 03:34, November 14, 2007 diff hist +567 New! Economic Research Service New page: The Economic Research Service (ERS) is the main source of economic information and research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The mission of ERS is to inform and enhance public and ...
- 03:34, November 14, 2007 diff hist +327 New! Dry Aged New page: Fresh Meat is held (without vacuum packing) for various periods of time (usually 10 days to 6 weeks) under controlled temperatures (34°F to 38°F), humidity, and airflow to avoid spoilage...
- 03:34, November 14, 2007 diff hist +572 New! Dry curing New page: Dry curing is the process used to make country hams and prosciutto. Fresh meat is rubbed with a dry cure mixture of salt and other ingredients. Dry curing produces a salty product. In 1992...
- 03:33, November 14, 2007 diff hist +143 New! Downer (or downed animals) New page: Commonly used term for an animal that is unable to rise and walk. ==References== [http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/index.asp USDA Index]
- 03:33, November 14, 2007 diff hist +373 New! Drainage Class New page: Refers to the frequency and duration of periods of saturation or partial saturation during soil formation, as opposed to altered drainage, which is commonly the result of artificial draina...
- 03:32, November 14, 2007 diff hist +205 New! Disposition New page: A food manufacturer’s action to correct a situation leading to a recall such as relabeling, reworking, or destroying product. ==References== [http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/inde...
- 03:32, November 14, 2007 diff hist +572 New! Dioxins New page: A group of chemical compounds that share certain similar chemical structures and biological characteristics. Dioxins are present in the environment all over the world. Within animals, diox...
- 03:32, November 14, 2007 diff hist +225 New! Deli or Delicatessen Style New page: This terminology has been permitted on labeling for ready-to-eat meat food products that consumers would normally expect to find in a delicatessen. ==References== [http://www.fsis.usda.gov...
- 03:32, November 14, 2007 diff hist +115 New! Diglycerides, Monoglycerides New page: Emulsifying agents for rendered fats. ==References== [http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/index.asp USDA Index]