USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)
Through its Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the USDA regulates most raw meat and poultry and meat and poultry products, as well as egg products to ensure that they are safe, wholesome and accurately labeled. Other agencies within the USDA that play a role in food safety include the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Cooperative Sate Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES).

UTENSIL (See FDA Food Code Chapter 1)
By FDA definition, a utensil is a food-contact implement or container used in the storage, preparation, transportation, dispensing, sale, or service of food, such as kitchenware or tableware that is multiuse, single-service, or single-use; gloves used in contact with food; temperature sensing probes or food temperature measuring devices; and probe-type price or identification tags used in contact with food.