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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Fields of Study > food science > food safety > microbiological criteria
Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality > food science > food safety > microbiological criteria
Preferred Term:

microbiological criteria

Definition:
A microbiological criterion for food defines the acceptability of a product or a food lot, based on the absence or presence, or number of microorganisms including parasites, and/or quantity of their toxins/metabolites, per unit(s) of mass, volume, area, or lot.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
food safety
Narrower Concepts:
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • MC (microbiological criteria)
  • microbial criteria
  • microbiological criterion
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/137574
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