Aseptic packaging: method of filling packages without allowing the entry of microorganisms. Commonly used for sterile milk products to provide improved keeping quality (https://www.fao.org/dairy-production-products/resources/glossary/en/?index=a)
Controlled atmosphere packaging is the enclosure of food in a gas impermeable package inside which the gaseous environment with respect to CO2, O2, N2, water vapor, and other trace gases has been changed and is selectively controlled to increase shelf life. (Adapted from Samad Bodbodak, Mohammad Moshfeghifar, 2 - Advances in controlled atmosphere storage of fruits and vegetables, Editor(s): Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui,
Eco-Friendly Technology for Postharvest Produce Quality, Academic Press,
2016, Pages 39-76, ISBN 9780128043134, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-804313-4.00002-5)
A consumer is a person or a group who intends to order, or use purchased goods, products, or services primarily for personal, social, family, household and similar needs, who is not directly related to entrepreneurial or business activities. The term most commonly refers to a person who purchases goods and services for personal use. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer)
Intentional or unintentional addition of extraneous material, foreign material, (e.g. dirt, hair, excreta, mold etc.) to a product rendering it unfit for the original intended purpose. (FAO & WHO. 2024. Glossary of Terms for SCH Standards. Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs. Rome. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius)
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Of plants, animals, products; for the environment use <6077>
The presence in the environment of living organisms or agents derived by viruses, bacteria, fungi, and mammal and bird antigens that can cause many health effects. (GEMET)
The phrase 'chemical contamination' is used to indicate situations where chemicals are either present where they shouldn’t be, or are at higher concentrations than they would naturally have occurred. (https://niwa.co.nz/our-science/freshwater/tools/kaitiaki_tools/impacts/chemical-contaminates)
Radioactive contamination, also called radiological contamination, is the deposition of, or presence of radioactive substances on surfaces or within solids, liquids or gases (including the human body), where their presence is unintended or undesirable. (IAEA)