Definition of "foodstuff" []

• A substance that can be used or prepared for use as food. (noun)

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• "Favorite Kind of Food: As a competitive eater, one has to be a cross disciplined athlete — eating whatever foodstuff is on the plate."
• "This foodstuff is so versatile and bitchin ', you can even get your Atkins on by just asking your waiter to hold the noodles."
• "Canadian sanitary and technical regulations, such as differences in foodstuff standards, burdensome inspection and authorization procedures by the Canadian Food and Inspection Agency (CFIA), labelling and packaging requirements, or the lack of transparency and international harmonization of technical and safety standards;"