Ufacturing Practice in Man- Ufacturing, Packing, or Holding Human Food

The definitions and interpretations of terms in section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the act) are applicable to such terms when used in this part. The following definitions shall also apply: (a) Acid foods or acidified foods means foods that have an equilibrium pH of 4.6 or below. (b) Adequate means that which is needed to accomplish the intended purpose in keeping with good public health practice. (c) Batter means a semifluid substance, usually composed of flour and other ingredients, into which principal components of food are dipped or with which they are coated, or which may be used directly to form bakery foods. (d) Blanching, except for tree nuts and peanuts, means a prepackaging heat treatment of foodstuffs for a sufficient time and at a sufficient temperature to partially or completely inactivate the naturally occurring enzymes and to effect other physical or biochemical changes in the food. (e) Critical control point means a point in a food process where there is a high probability that improper control may cause, allow, or contribute to a hazard or to filth in the final food or decomposition of the final food. (f) Food means food as defined in section 201(f) of the act and includes raw materials and ingredients. (g) Food-contact surfaces are those surfaces that contact human food and those surfaces from which drainage onto the food or onto surfaces that contact the food ordinarily occurs during the normal course of operations. ‘‘Food-contact surfaces’’ includes utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment. (h) Lot means the food produced during a period of time indicated by a specific code. (i) Microorganisms means yeasts, molds, bacteria, and viruses and includes, but is not limited to, species having public health significance. The term ‘‘undesirable microorganisms’’ includes those microorganisms that are of public health significance, that subject food to decomposition, that indicate that food is contaminated with filth, or that otherwise may cause food to be adulterated within the meaning of the act. Occasionally in these regulations, FDA used the adjective ‘‘microbial’’ instead of using an adjectival