FOOD 2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 27: Agricultural Marketing Service, Foodborne Illness, Raw Milk

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Food Science
• Course: FOOD 2010
• Professor: Massimo Marcon

Document Summary

Agriculture: all states and many cities have their own food laws. *pesticide residues may becomes a small part of a food product due to crops being sprayed. Quality assurance: personnel continuously monitor incoming raw milk and finished milk products to ensure compliance with compositional and microbiological standards and various government regulations, major functions of a qa department, 1. Food labelling: most food eructs must show, products name, manufactures address, among of product in the package, product ingredients, ingredients listed from most abundant to least. Nutrition panel format: requiring nutrients tone declared as a percentage of the daily value intended prevent misinterpretations for quantitative values. Nutrition panel footnote: panel concerns a footnote saying that the % are based a 2000 calorie diet. Daily values - drvs: daily value comprises 2 sets of dietary standards, 1. Daily referencevalues (drvs): only one to appear on label: 2.