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Ante-mortem
before death or slaughter
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Barrow
castrated male or swine
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Beef
meat derived from cattle one year or older
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Carcass
dressed body of cattle, sheep, swine or goat.
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Chitterlings
large intestine of swine
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condemned
products unfit for food as judged by inspectors
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Conformation
general build, form, shape, or outline of a carcass or cut
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Cured Meat
meat salted or brined with or without sugar, spice, nitrates
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FDA
Food and Drug Administration
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Fell
superficial layer of facia of lamb carcass
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Flesh
any edible part of the striated muscle of an animal used for food
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FSIS
Food Safety and Inspection Service
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Giblets
heart, liver, and gizzard of a bird
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HAACP
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points is a system of process control aimed on ensuring food safety by anticipating food borne hazards and instituting appropriate controls to prevent their occurrence
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Hog maws
stomach of swine
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Jowls
fatty portion of hog carcass between shoulder and jaw; usually cured and under a variety of trade names; butts, squares, etc.
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Kosher
clean, lawful. meat slaughtered according to Hebrew or Talmudic law
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Lungers
tuberculin reactors
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Lung Gun
vacuum device used to remove lungs in slaughtered birds
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Measles
cystic form of tapeworm (Taenia species) in beef or pork
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Meat
the dressed flesh (mainly striated muscle) from cattle, swine, sheep, and goats; all others must be qualified as horse meat, ect.
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Meat-by-Products
edible parts such as hearts, sweetbreads, livers, kidneys, tongues and brains from cattle, swine, sheep, or goats.
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MPIP
Meat and Poultry Inspection Program
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Offal
products other than carcass, includes edible parts - tongue, liver, and glands used pharmaceutically
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Pluck
thoracic viscera, including liver in swine
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Post-mortem
after death. refers to inspection, examination of viscera and carcass
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Processing
in food preperation, the application of heat to sterilize food in containers; may be in water or by steam pressure
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Quality
a carcass-grading factor including color, texture, grain and marbling of carcass
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Quality Assurance (QA)
refers to the "corporate" oversight function; the "corporate" product quality objectives and goals are clearly stated and affirm that the quality control program is functioning and achieving the goals and objectives
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Quality Control (QC)
an on-line or production function that establishes and administers the day-to-day policies, procedures, and programs at the plant level.
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Rail
refers to inspection of carcass that is hanging from the rail or track
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Stuck (bled, bled-out)
cut carodid artery and let animal bleed to death
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sweetbreads
thymus gland of calves, cervical and thoracic portions
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Tricina
Trichinella spiralis: nematodes of swine transmissible to man
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Tripe
clean denuded rumen and reticulum
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USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
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Veal
meat from younge cattle, usually 1-3 months old
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Viscera
all organs of thoracic and abdominal cavities
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Wholesome Poultry Products Act (WPPA)
passed in 1968; brought about revisions in poultry-inspection requirements
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Wool sorter's Disease
fatal pneumonia in man caused by inhaling anthrax spores
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