Glossary of the food sector

Factory ship

Vessel on which fishery products undergo one or more of the following operations, followed by wrapping or packaging and, if necessary, freezing or deep-freezing: filleting, slicing, peeling, shelling, mincing, or processing.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 853/2004, Annex I

Farm animal

— An animal kept, fattened, or bred by humans and used for the production of food, wool, fur, feathers, skin, or other products, or for other breeding purposes;

— Equidae.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 1069/2009, Art. 3(6)

Farmed game

Ratites and farmed land mammals other than domestic ungulates.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 853/2004, Annex I

Farmer

A natural or legal person, or a group of natural or legal persons, regardless of the legal status of that group and its members under national law, who engages in agricultural activity.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/848, Art. 3(14)

Fats

Total lipids, including phospholipids.

—Source: Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, Annex I, point 2

Feed additive

Feed additive as defined in Article 2(2)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

—Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/848, Art. 3(62)

Feed business operator

The natural or legal person responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements of food law within the feed business under their control.

—Source: Reg. (EC) 178/2002, Art. 3(6)

Feed industry company

Any public or private entity, whether profit-making or not, that carries out any production, manufacturing, processing, storage, transport, or distribution of feed, including any producer who produces, processes, or stores feed to be fed to animals on his own agricultural land.

— Source: Reg. (EC) 178/2002, Art. 3(5)

Feed legislation

Legislative, regulatory, and administrative provisions governing feed in general and feed safety in particular, at Union or national level, at all stages of production, processing, distribution, or use of feed.

—Source: Regulation (EU) 2017/625, Art. 3(2)

Fence

Space that includes a section equipped with devices to protect animals from adverse weather conditions.

— Source: Reg. (EU) 2018/848, Art. 3(75)

Fertilizer product

A substance, mixture, microorganism, or any other material applied or intended to be applied to plants or their rhizosphere, or to fungi or their mycosphere, or intended to constitute the rhizosphere or mycosphere, alone or in combination with another material, for the purpose of providing nutrients to plants or fungi or improving their nutritional efficiency.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, art. 2, point 1

Fibers

Carbohydrate polymers composed of three or more monomer units that are neither digested nor absorbed in the human small intestine and belong to one of the following categories:

-- Edible carbohydrate polymers naturally present in consumed foods;

-- Edible carbohydrate polymers obtained from food raw materials by physical, enzymatic, or chemical processes and which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally accepted scientific data;

-- Edible synthetic carbohydrate polymers which have a beneficial physiological effect demonstrated by generally accepted scientific data.

— Source: Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, Annex I, point 12

Field of view

All surfaces of a package that can be read from a single viewing angle.

—Source: Reg. (EU) 1169/2011, Art. 2(2)(k)

Final consumer

The final consumer of a food product who does not use that product in the context of a food business operation or activity.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 178/2002, Art. 3(18)

Finishing

The preservation of live bivalve molluscs from Class A production areas, purification centers, or dispatch centers in ponds or any other facility containing clean seawater or in natural basins for the purpose of removing sand, mud, or mucus, preserving or improving their organoleptic qualities, and ensuring good viability prior to wrapping or packaging.

— Source: Regulation (EC) 853/2004, Annex I