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Article: PIZZA: PIE OF A THOUSAND FACES REGULATING AGENCIES HAVE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS FOR THE FUNFOOD.(Living Today)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- February 23, 1988
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Byline: Marie Bianco Newsday
Just what is a pizza? Translated from Italian, pizza means pie. So the term pizza pie is redundant. But as with any pie, there are infinite varieties.
Federal regulations governing pizza are a bit confusing. If pizza has a meat or a meat- and-cheese topping, it is regulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which defines pizza as a dough-based meat-food product with tomato sauce, cheese and meat topping.
According to Judith Quick, chief of the standards branch of the USDA's safety and inspection service, part of the topping must be real cheese and not imitation cheese, and a minimum of 12 percent cooked ...