Food Quality and Food Safety

Food safety means assurance that food

Food safety means assurance that food is acceptable for human consumption according to its intended use. It involves understanding toxicity (capacity

Food quality refers to attributes

Food quality refers to attributes that influence a product's value to consumers, including both negative attributes (spoilage, contamination) and posi

Any physical material not normally found

Any physical material not normally found in food that causes illness or injury, including wood, stones, hair, pest parts, and foreign objects.

Chemicals or deleterious substances intentionally

Chemicals or deleterious substances intentionally or unintentionally added to foods, including pesticides, toxic metals, preservatives, and food addit

Living organisms including pathogenic bacteria

Living organisms including pathogenic bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi that can cause food-borne diseases through infection (live organisms mul