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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is the public health regulatory agency responsible for ensuring that United States' commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged.
The Codex Alimentarius (Latin for 'Food Code') is a collection of internationally recognized standards, codes of practice, guidelines, and other recommendations published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations relating to food, food production, food labeling, and food safety.
Frozen food packaging must maintain its integrity throughout filling, sealing, freezing, storage, transportation, thawing, and often cooking. [10] As many frozen foods are cooked in a microwave oven, manufacturers have developed packaging that can go directly from freezer to the microwave.
Seal meat properly: The best way to avoid freezer burn is to properly store meat in a zip lock bag or vacuum seal the meat; vacuum sealing is the best because you are taking the oxygen out ...
The current food safety laws are enforced by the FDA and FSIS. The FDA regulates all food manufactured in the United States, with the exception of the meat, poultry, and egg products that are regulated by FSIS. [16] The following is a list of all food safety acts, amendments, and laws put into place in the United States. [23] [15]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced big changes to lower the risk certain viruses will end up in your fresh and frozen berries. The prevention strategy specifically calls out norovirus ...
On Oct. 9, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced a widespread recall of nearly 10 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products produced by ...
Freezer burn on a piece of beef. Freezer burn is a condition that occurs when frozen food has been damaged by dehydration and oxidation due to air reaching the food. [1] It is generally caused by food not being securely wrapped in air-tight packaging.