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NALT Full

Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality
food science
food safety
food safety objective

Preferred term

food safety objective

Type

Topic

Definition

The maximum frequency and/or concentration of a hazard in a food at the time of consumption that provides or contributes to the appropriate level of protection (ALOP).
Source: Codex Alimentarius Commission Procedural Manual, Nineteenth edition. World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, 2010
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

food safety

Related concepts

Synonyms

FSO (food safety objective)

Source

Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)

In other languages

objetivo de inocuidad alimentaria

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/136968

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