Agricoltura e Diritto: Sicurezza Alimentare
| English |
| food chain |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
Noun phrase
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| Grammatical label |
Countable; Singular
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| Definition |
All the stages through which food is handled from primary production to processing, manufacturing, distribution and retail, to the point of consumption.
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| Definition source |
South Africa Government Online
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| Context |
This will cover the whole of the food chain, including animal feed production, establish a high level of consumer health protection and clearly attribute primary responsibility for safe food production to industry, producers and suppliers. Appropriate official controls at both national and European level will be established. The ability to trace products through the whole food chain will be a key issue.
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| Context source |
White paper on food safety COM(1999)719 final
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| Synonym |
“farm to table”
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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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| Partitive concept |
Primary production, Food processing, Storage, Packaging, Labelling, Marketing, Distribution, Retail sale
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| fr |
Chaîne alimentaire
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| it |
Catena alimentare
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| Reliability code |
3
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