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Food Industry
The industry concerned with processing, preparing, preserving, distributing, and serving of foods and beverages.
Food Labeling
Use of written, printed, or graphic materials upon or accompanying a food or its container or wrapper. The concept includes ingredients, nutritional value, directions, warnings, and other relevant information. [NALT]
Any written, printed or graphic matter that is present on the label, accompanies the food, or is displayed near the food, including that for the purpose of promoting its sale or disposal. [AGROVOC]
Food Preservation
A variety of methods used to maintain foods in an edible state.
Food Security
Access by all people, at all times to sufficient food for an active and healthy life. Food security includes at a minimum: the ready availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods, and an assured ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways.
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Directed modification of the gene complement of a living organism by such techniques as altering the DNA, substituting genetic material by means of a virus, transplanting whole nuclei, transplanting cell hybrids, etc. [AGROVOC]
Seafoods
Edible aquatic (freshwater or marine) organisms such as fish, shellfish, or seaweed that is used as food.
Sweeteners
Substances that sweeten food, beverages, medications, etc., such as sugar, saccharine or other low-calorie synthetic products.