| FCT | food composition table; fucosyl transferase |
|---|---|
| FDA | fluorescein diacetate; Food and Drug Administration; right frontoanterior [position of the fetus] |
| FDCPA | Food, Drug, and Consumer Product Agency |
| FDD | Food and Drugs Directorate |
| FDFQ | Food/Drink Frequency Questionnaire |
| food preferences | The selection of one food over another. (12 Dec 1998) |
|---|---|
| food preservatives | Substances capable of inhibiting, retarding or arresting the process of fermentation, acidification or other deterioration of foods. (12 Dec 1998) |
| food-processing industry | The productive enterprises concerned with food processing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| food service, hospital | Hospital department that manages and supervises the dietary program in accordance with the patients' requirements. (12 Dec 1998) |
| food services | Functions, equipment, and facilities concerned with the preparation and distribution of ready-to-eat food. (12 Dec 1998) |
| food technology | The application of knowledge to the food industry. (12 Dec 1998) |
| legislation, food | Laws and regulations concerned with industrial processing and marketing of foods. (12 Dec 1998) |
| ackee poisoning | An acute and frequently fatal vomiting disease associated with central nervous system symptoms and marked hypoglycaemia, caused by eating unripe ackee fruit of Blighia spaida, a tree common in Jamaica. Synonym: Jamaican vomiting sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arsenic poisoning | A severe poisoning that occurs after the exposure (ingested or inhaled). Signs and symptoms include: nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, rapid heart rate, apprehension and difficulty breathing. (27 Sep 1997) |
| blister beetle poisoning | Poisoning, most often of horses, by ingestion of blister beetles (Epicauta spp.) in hay; the causative toxin is cantharidin, which produces salivation, shock, pollakiuria, and colic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blood poisoning | See: septicaemia, pyaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bracken poisoning | A disease of cattle caused by long-term, low-level consumption of the bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) and characterised by haemorrhages or tumours in the bladder. Synonym: bracken poisoning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cadmium poisoning | Poisoning occurring after exposure to cadmium compounds or fumes. It may cause gastrointestinal syndromes, anaemia, or pneumonitis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| carbon disulfide poisoning | Acute or chronic intoxication by CS2, an industrial condition encountered among rubber workers and makers of artificial silk (rayon) by the viscose process; characterised by insomnia, listlessness, and irritability, followed by paralyses, impaired vision, peptic ulcer, and psychoses. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carbon monoxide poisoning | Toxic asphyxiation due to the displacement of oxygen from oxyhemoglobin by carbon monoxide. (12 Dec 1998) |