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Meat
Medical Definition: | The edible portions of any animal used for food including domestic mammals (the major ones being cattle, swine, and sheep) along with poultry, fish, shellfish, and game. |
Guide Notes: | IM; coord with animal source of meat (NIM), as beef = MEAT (IM) + CATTLE (NIM), pork = MEAT (IM) + SWINE (NIM): Manual 31.7; canned meat = MEAT (IM) + source (NIM) + FOOD PRESERVATION (IM); note MEAT PRODUCTS; FISH PRODUCTS & POULTRY PRODUCTS are availabl |
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Meat Products - Articles of food which are derived by a process of manufacture from any portion of carcasses of any animal used for food (e.g., head cheese, sausage, scrapple). |
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Seafood - Marine fish and shellfish used as food or suitable for food. (Webster, 3d ed) SHELLFISH and FISH PRODUCTS are more specific types of SEAFOOD. |
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