food preservation
Let an agent handle food preservation by method, safety, shelf life and regulation, with clear warnings on botulism and other risks.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle food preservation by method, safety, shelf life and regulation, with clear warnings on botulism and other risks.
Processes that slow spoilage of food and prevent foodborne illness, such as drying, salting, smoking, pickling, fermenting, canning, refrigeration and freezing, used traditionally and industrially.
What it is for: Keeping food safe and available beyond harvest or preparation.
It can be preserve food at home safely; estimate shelf life; follow tested recipes; label preserved products.
Distinguishing features
Slows spoilage
Controls microbes, enzymes and oxidation
Traditional and industrial methods
Errors can cause serious illness
What it looks like
Jars, cans, dried and smoked foods, pickles and frozen goods.
How it is recognised
Methods such as brining or canning
Traditional preserved foods
Best-before and use-by dates
Related models
is a kind of - category
preserves - object
uses - method
prevents - goal
In practice
Families and kinds
drying and smoking
salting and brining
pickling and fermenting
canning and bottling
refrigeration and freezing
Standards and regulation
Food hygiene law (EU Regulation 852/2004)
HACCP principles
Low-acid canned food rules
Failure modes and hazards
Botulism from improper canning of low-acid foods
Listeria in chilled foods
Mould and spoilage
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Method How food is preserved.
Method decides safety.
Technique
Drying, canning.
Technique
Method.
- Which preservation method is used? definition
- How does it stop spoilage? definition
Suitability
Which foods.
Suitability
Suitability.
- Is this method suitable for this food? boundary
- Is the food low-acid? boundary
Safety Illness risks.
Errors can be dangerous.
Botulism
Canning.
Botulism
Botulism risk.
- Is a tested, safe recipe and process being followed for canning? boundary
- What are the warning signs of spoiled jars? boundary
Storage
Conditions.
Storage
Storage.
- How should the preserved food be stored? action
- How long does it keep? measurement
Tradition Cultural foods.
Many cuisines preserve food.
Dishes
Traditional products.
Dishes
Traditional products.
- Which traditional preserved foods use this method? definition
- Where do they come from? provenance
Knowledge
Heritage.
Knowledge
Heritage knowledge.
- How is traditional knowledge passed on? definition
- Is it recognised as heritage? provenance
Commercial Selling.
Selling has rules.
Rules
Hygiene law.
Rules
Commercial rules.
- Which rules apply to selling preserved foods? provenance
- Is a HACCP plan needed? boundary
Labels
Dates and allergens.
Labels
Labelling.
- What must the label show? provenance
- Use-by or best-before? definition
What the second pass must settle
- Should methods be separate entries?
- How should tested recipes be linked?
- How should shelf life be recorded?