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Preserving perishable food stuffs

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Description

Preserving perishable foodstuffs involves applying methods such as refrigeration, drying, canning, fermenting, or using preservatives to extend shelf life and prevent spoilage. This strategy aims to reduce food waste, ensure food safety, and maintain nutritional value by inhibiting the growth of microorganisms and slowing natural decay. Effective preservation remedies issues of food insecurity, supports stable food supplies, and enables the safe storage and transport of food across regions and seasons.This information has been generated by artificial intelligence.

Broader

Preserving
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Narrower

Using plastic packaging for food
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Preventing prepared food spoilage in storage
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Drying food
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Using food additives
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Storing vegetables and fruits
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Preventing spoilage of agricultural products
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Preserving harvested foods
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Packaging food
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Facilitates

Accumulating global food stocks
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Harvesting native fauna and flora for food
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Facilitated by

Identifying national requirements for standards for food chemicals
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Improving animal feed products
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Advancing food chemistry
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Reference

Aschkenasy, Herbert: Freeze-drying

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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero HungerSustainable Development Goal #10: Reduced InequalitySustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
Q0064
DOCID
12700640
D7NID
208190
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/strategy/preserving-perishable-food-stuffs
Last update
Sep 7, 2018