Food-and-agriculture-organization
noun
1.
the agency of the United Nations that institutes and administers programs, especially in underdeveloped countries, for improving farming methods and increasing food production.
Abbreviation: FAO.
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- Food-and-drug-administration
noun, U.S. Government. 1. a division of the Department of Health and Human Services that protects the public against impure and unsafe foods, drugs, and cosmetics. Abbreviation: FDA. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) An agency of the United States federal government that approves or disapproves new drugs and substances that can be consumed.
- Food ball
food ball n. A gastric concretion formed of vegetable fibers from the seeds and skins of fruits and sometimes containing starch granules and fat globules. Also called phytobezoar.
- Food-bank
noun 1. an agency, group, or center that collects food and distributes it to the needy.
- Food body
noun 1. (botany) a mass of nutrients attached to a seed coat, which attracts ants and thus aids dispersal of the seed
- Food-borne
adjective of disease, carried or contracted by eating contaminated food Examples How to recognize and provide first aid for a food-borne illness. Word Origin 1898