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fast food
vr.tr.fast-food · thing-q81799
Let an agent handle fast food by dish, outlet, nutrition information, allergens and food safety, without personal dietary advice.
Thing Registry Physical world and living systems PHY.MAT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Dish Which food.
Item
Menu item.
Item
Menu item.
- Which dish or menu item is meant? definition
- Where does it originate? provenance
Outlet
Restaurant.
Outlet
Outlet.
- Which outlet or chain serves it? provenance
- Does the recipe vary by country? provenance
Information Nutrition and allergens.
Allergens
Declarations.
Allergens
Allergen information.
- Which allergens does it contain, according to the outlet? provenance
- Is cross-contact possible? boundary
Nutrition
Energy and salt.
Nutrition
Nutrition.
- What are its energy, fat and salt contents? measurement
- From the official nutrition sheet? provenance
Safety Hygiene.
Rating
Inspections.
Rating
Hygiene rating.
- What is the outlet food hygiene rating? provenance
- When was it inspected? provenance
Illness
Food poisoning.
Illness
Food poisoning.
- Are symptoms severe enough to need medical help? boundary
- How can suspected food poisoning be reported? action
Health Guidance.
Guidelines
Public advice.
Guidelines
Dietary guidance.
- What do health authorities advise about fast food in a balanced diet? provenance
- Which authority issued it? provenance
Advice
Personal.
Advice
Advice limit.
- Is the user asking for personal diet advice? boundary
- How should they be referred to a dietitian? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.MAT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Fritay, Seblak, akara, chili dog, Coney Island hot dog, Italian hot dog, Pie floater, street food, Soy skewers, Soto Padang, Chicken porridge, puto
What it is Filled
Mass-produced food prepared and served quickly, typically in restaurant chains, kiosks and street stalls, such as burgers, fries, hot dogs, fried chicken, pizza slices and many regional street foods.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle fast food by dish, outlet, nutrition information, allergens and food safety, without personal dietary advice.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Speed of service
- Standardised preparation
- Often high in energy, salt and fat
- Global and regional forms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Tell someone a dish is free of an allergen without the seller's own declaration.
- Give personal diet or weight advice as clinical guidance.
- Advise eating from a venue known to be closed or sanctioned on hygiene grounds.
- Hide or downplay a published hygiene failure for a venue.
Only with a human decision
- Any assurance about allergens given to a person with a severe allergy.
May
- Report menu, allergen and nutrition information from the seller's own declarations.
- Explain local food hygiene rating schemes and where to find a venue's rating.
- Report a hygiene or allergen concern to the food safety authority.
Moral aspects Filled
- Undeclared allergens in fast food have killed people.
- Fast food marketing and nutrition bear on public health, especially for children.
Who is affected
- People with severe allergies
- Children and families
- Food service workers
Owners Filled
Steward
The food business operator, under the local food safety authority.
Master systems
- Food hygiene inspection and rating records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q746549 - registry parent class
- Q8195619 - registry parent class
related
- human food and dish - category
- fast food restaurant - outlet
- street food - tradition
- food safety law - regulation
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.fast-food
- Wikidata: Q81799 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81799)
Direct properties required Filled
- Serving mass: g - Weigh the edible serving without its packaging or container.
- Food temperature: degrees Celsius - Measure with a suitable food thermometer and record the measurement location and time.
- Water content by mass: % - Determine moisture content using a validated analytical method appropriate to the food.
Recognition required Filled
- Counter service and standard menus
- Chains and street stalls
- Fast casual restaurants are a related category
- Pre-packaged or quickly served dishes in wrappers, boxes and trays.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- find nutrition and allergen information
- compare menu items
- check food hygiene ratings
- understand regional fast foods
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Allergen exposure
- Food poisoning from poor hygiene
- Agents giving personal diet advice
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Allergen information rules for non-prepacked food
- Calorie labelling rules in some countries
- Food hygiene inspection schemes
Context of use required Filled
- Quick, convenient meals.
- burgers and sandwiches
- fried chicken and fries
- pizza
- regional street foods such as akara and seblak
- hot dogs
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q81799: fast food - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Fast food - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should regional fast foods be separate entries?
- How should menu nutrition data be linked?
- How should street food be distinguished?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q81799/spec.json