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    hazard identification

    The identification of biological, chemical, and physical agents capable of causing adverse health effects and which may be present in a particular food or group of foods.
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    consignment

    A consignment is a quantity of some commodity delivered at one time. It may consist in either a portion of a lot, either a set of several lots.
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    inspection

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    confirmed case definition

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    food intended for special medical purposes

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    fair data

    Findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable data
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    identity check

    Term not used in this sector
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    indicator

    Quantitative variable or qualitative factor that provides a simple and reliable means to measure achievement, to reflect the changes connected to activities, or to help assess...
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    event-based (media-based, digital) surveillance

    Surveillance that complements indicator-based surveillance by continuously scanning the Internet and other communication media to detect information that might lead to the...
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    health inequalities

    Differences in health status or in the distribution of health determinants between different population groups.
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    critical control point

    A step at which control can be applied and is essential to prevent or eliminate a food safety hazard or reduce it to an acceptable level.
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    contigs

    A contiguous stretch of DNA sequence that is the result of assembly of multiple overlapping sequence reads into a single consensus sequence. A contig requires a complete tiling...
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    food safety target

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    accuracy

    closeness of estimates to the unknown true values
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    exposure assessment

    Process of estimating concentration or intensity, duration, and frequency of exposure to an agent that can affect health.
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    food safety target

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    gold standard

    A method, procedure, or measurement that is widely accepted as being the best available. Often used to compare with new methods.
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    hazard-specific (targeted) surveillance

    Surveillance that is focused on one or more pre-defined hazards (disease, condition, biological, chemical or physical agent, or event) often this form of surveillance uses...
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    descriptive epidemiological analysis

    Data analysis describing the observations. findings are often presented over time and in relation to the metadata collected along side the sample eg. origin, type, animal,...
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    food or feed import

    The release for free circulation of feed or food or the intention to release feed or food for free circulation within the meaning of Article 79 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 in...