Food Safety and Quality Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture (1978a). Final report on nitrites and nitrosamines. Report to the Secretary of Agriculture by the Expert Panel on Nitrites and Nitrosamines, Food Safety and Quality Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 

The quality of extracted citrus juices depends on enzyme reactions that occur not only in the fruit during the development period, but also in the juice during processing. When juice is extracted from citrus fruit, enzymes are released from their normal restraint in the cell. Several of these enzymes catalyze reactions that adversely affect taste and appearance of the juice. Unless the reactions are controlled, the juice products will not meet the standards of quality set up by the USDA Food Safety and Quality Service. The two reactions of commercial importance are the hydrolysis of pectin to pectic acid, which clarifies juice, and the lactonization of limonoic acid A-ring lactone to the bitter compound, limonin. Research efforts to identify and characterize the reactions, to isolate and purify the enzymes, and to develop methods to control the reactions are described in this review. 

Food Safety and Quality Service This organization ensures that foods for human consumption are safe, wholesome, nutritious, and of good quality. It sets standards for and inspects meat, poultry, eggs, dairy products, and fresh and processed fruit and vegetables. At times, the inspection methods change to respond to public concern and make better use of knowledge and technology. 

Federal and State Meat Inspection. Most foods from animals are inspected by government officials to assure wholesomeness, proper labeling, and freedom from disease and adulteration. Federal inspection of animal products is the responsibility of the Food Safety and Quality Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Imported meat and poultry are produced under USDA supervision in foreign countries where they originate, and samples are inspect by USDA upon arrival in the United States. 

FDA regulation of, 21 578-579 gelatin in, 12 442 high pressure treatment of, 13 436 processed, 18 32-35 shipping containers for, 18 37 Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA), 18 538-539 21 591 minor use pesticides under, 18-539-540 Food refrigeration, 21 558-566 importance of, 21 559 Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), 13 17... 

Despite Soviet officials efforts to promote scientific food systems as the ideal means to guarantee food quality and healthfulness, many consumers viewed industrially produced foods and public food facilities with suspicion. Soviet customers voiced their dissatisfaction with the appearance of industrially produced foods and complained about finding insects and pieces of debris in their foods.Rothstein and Rothstein write that the overwhelming majority of cafeterias were places where food supplies were limited and the food was of low quality and inexpertly prepared, where chaos, flies, dirt, and terrible service reigned (Rothstein and Rothstein 1997 183). Both the state s emphasis on food safety and its inability to maintain these standards fostered a widespread cultural awareness about food quality that has continued into the post-Soviet period (see also Dunn 2008 Jung 2009). 

The Centre has been given the mandate to assist Member Countries and their institutions to fulfill requirements to support the development and implementation of international standards/agreements relevant to food safety and control. The Centre provides training, quality assurance services, and technology transfer. 

The first edition, published in 1966, was supported by a Public Health Service grant and more than 100 supplementary grants from industry, associations, and foundations. Its role, which is still that of the Food Chemicals Codex, was to define the quality of food-grade chemicals in terms of identity, strength, and purity based on the elements of safety and good manufacturing practice. Later editions were supported by direct contracts with the FDA. Such sponsorship has been sufficient to support the publication of 4 earlier editions and 14 supplements in a 42-year span. 

Department of Veterinary Services, Kenya Bureau of Standards Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality New Zealand Food Safety Authority, Meat Monitoring Service Ministerio Agropecuario y Forestal... 

Margareta Haelterman is head of the Quality team at the Health Care Department of the Belgian Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Brussels. Trained as a medical doctor and epidemiologist, she now coordinates a team promoting patient safety culture, quality systems, risk management, implementation of iimovative processes in care and the use of clinical indicators in different clinical domains. 

Enforce Laws and Regulations That Protect Health and Ensure Safety. This service involves full enforcement of sanitary codes, especially in the food industry full protection of drinking water supplies enforcement of clean air standards timely follow-up of hazards, preventable injuries, and exposure-related diseases identified in occupational and community settings monitoring quality of medical services (e.g., laboratory, nursing homes, and home health care) and timely review of new pharmacologic, biologic, and medical device applications. 

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