Agricoltura e Diritto: Sicurezza Alimentare
| English |
| food |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
Noun
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| Grammatical label |
Countable; Singular
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| Definition |
Any substance or product, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be, or reasonably expected to be ingested by humans. “Food” includes drink, chewing gum and any substance, including water, intentionally incorporated into the food during its manufacture, preparation or treatment.
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| Definition source |
Regulation n. 178/2002
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| Context |
The risks associated with the contamination of foods have been brought into sharp focus by the recent dioxin crisis.
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| Context source |
White paper on food safety COM(1999)719 final
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| Synonym |
Foodstuff
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| Subject field |
Food safety
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| Sub-field |
White paper on food safety: Commission's proposals
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| Specific concept |
Dietetic foods, Food of animal origin, Food of plant origin, Processed food, Follow-on formulae, Infant formulae, Food supplements, Novel foods, Fortified foods, Irradiated foods
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| fr |
Aliment
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| it |
Alimento
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| Reliability code |
3
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| Note |
In some cases, Food (singular) is uncountable because it refers to a general concept. Moreover, when we need “food” in the plural form without following an adjective, we use foodstuffs.
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