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    disinfection

    the reduction, by means of chemical agents and/or physical methods, of the number of micro-organisms in the environment, to a level that does not compromise food safety or...
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    fit for purpose methods

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    household outbreak

    outbreak where all the human cases live in one single household
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    food suitability

    assurance that food is acceptable for human consumption according to its intended use.
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    compliance with microbiological criteria

    obtaining satisfactory or acceptable results set in Annex I in Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 when testing against the values set for the criteria through the taking of samples,...
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    identity check

    means a check by visual inspection to ensure that the veterinary certificate(s) or veterinary document(s) or other document(s) provided for by veterinary legislation tally with...
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    dose response assessment

    The determination of the relationship between the magnitude of exposure (dose) to a chemical, biological or physical agent and the severity and/or frequency of associated...
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    food segment

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    cluster

    refer to groups of samples expected to be more similar than random e.g. samples from pigs from same herd or carcasses from same abbatoir
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    contributory factor

    fault or circumstance that singly or in combination led to the food-borne outbreak.
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    documentary check

    the examination of commercial documents and, where appropriate, of documents required under feed or food law that are accompanying the consignment
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    disinfection

    the reduction, by means of chemical agents and/or physical methods, of the number of micro-organisms in the environment, to a level that does not compromise food safety or...
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    external experts

    independent scientific experts who carry out scientific assessments and develop related assessment methodologies
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    food or feed processing

    any action that substantially alters the initial product, including heating, smoking, curing, maturing, drying, marinating, extraction, extrusion or a combination of those...
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    food-borne disease

    A food-borne disease or food-borne illness is defined as a disease, usually either infectious or toxic in nature, caused by agents that enter the body through the ingestion of...
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    hazard

    A biological chemical or physical agent in or condition of food or feed with the potential to cause an adverse health effect.
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    hazard characterization

    The qualitative and/or quantitative evaluation of the nature of the adverse health effects associated with biological, chemical and physical agents, which may be present in food.
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    critical limit

    A criterion which separates acceptability from unacceptability.
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    interlaboratory study

    Study of the performance of the alternative method using identical samples in several laboratories and controlled by the expert laboratory.