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U.S. Department of Agriculture

food sanitation

Subject Category: H Health and Pathology; Q Food and Human Nutrition
Definition: the promotion of hygiene and prevention of disease by maintenance of sanitary conditions for foods, food handlers, and food processing/preparation facilities and equipment.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/40917.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/40917
Used For: food hygiene
USE FOR And Type: meat hygiene
Broader Term: food safety; sanitation
Related Term: food handling; food preparation; food processing; food service; hand washing
Spanish: higiene de los alimentos
Term Number: 40917

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