food purity
Edible safety standards
Food purity is the state of food being free from contamination, adulteration, or forbidden substances.
The term appears in regulatory contexts concerning safety standards and labeling, but also carries ideological weight in movements promoting "clean eating" or organic foods.
In religious contexts, food purity refers to compliance with dietary laws: kosher food purity, halal food purity.
The concept can shade into pseudoscience when purity is equated with naturalness or absence of "chemicals."
- unprocessedNot yet treated
- clean eatingUnprocessed, natural diet
- FDA standardsOfficial safety requirements
- traceability systemsMethods for following item histories
- cold-pressedProcessed without heat
pathogens · organic · toxins · microplastics · halal certification · kosher certification · preservative-free · pesticides · eco-labels · antibiotics · raw · whole grain · plant based · heavy metals · pasteurization · non-GMO · GMOs · allergens
- food culturetable manners, culinary traditions, dining etiquette, ethnic cuisine, culinary heritage
- Food Analysischemical analysis, nutrients, nutrition, ingredients, calories
- religious dietvegetarianism, lacto-vegetarian, no meat, meatless, religious fasting
- Ritual Purificationmikveh, ritual washing, ritual bathing, ritual cleansing, lustration
- ritual puritymikvah, mikveh, tevilah, ritual washing, immersion
food purityfood contamination
Harmful substances in edibles
contamination · pollution · impurity · toxicity · food poisoning
food purityadulteration
Corrupting by foreign substances
food fraud · dilution · counterfeiting · mislabeling · cutting
food purityspoilage
Food degradation process
rot · decay · putrefaction · decomposition · rottenness
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