The beliefs and customs of a group of people.
An extreme scarcity of food for an extended period of time.
What is a famine?
A food that is typical of a given racial, national, or religious culture.
What is ethnic food?
Food prepared according to Jewish dietary laws.
What is Kosher food?
A social custom that prohibits the use of certain edible resources as food.
What is a food taboo?
Always having access to food needed for a healthy life.
What is food security?
Foods derived from organisms whose genetic material has been modified in some way that does not occur naturally.
What are genetically modified foods?
Typical standard or pattern related to food and eating behaviors.
What are food norms?
A food that is eaten routinely and supplies a large portion of the calories needed to maintain health.
What is a staple food?
Technology that uses knowledge of plant or animal science and genetics to develop plants and animals with specific desirable traits while eliminating traits that are not wanted.
Learned behavior about a way of life that is passed from one generation to the next.
What is cultural heritage?
A food that has a social impact on others.
What is status food?
A type of package that interacts with the food or the atmosphere.
What is active packaging?
The most reliable source of nutrition information comes from these individuals.
Who are registered dietitians?
A process that traces the cause of food poisoning or impurity.
What is DNA fingerprinting?
Poor nutrition usually endured for a long period.
What is malnutrition?
Eating too little food to maintain healthy body weight and normal activity levels.
What is undernutrition?
When a food source that causes contamination is identified through DNA fingerprinting, the manufacturer will likely do this.
What is issuing a food recall?
A packaging process that preserves the quality and extends the shelf life of food.
What is aseptic packaging?
A weakened state caused by prolonged lack of food.
What is hunger?
Eating when excited or feeling bored is an example of using food to deal with this.
What are emotions?
What is WIC? or What is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
A food or food ingredient that provides health benefits beyond basic nutrition.
What is a functional food?
Bacteria that prevent the growth of pathogens.
What is competitive bacteria?
What is the National School Lunch Program?