This Editorial Guide is used for Education Purposes Only. It is used in the Authoring Courses and Certifications. It is based on the January 2026 Editorial Guide.
Substance concepts should, where possible, be modeled with either a structural parent or one that denotes source or origin.
Parent concept
Most distal appropriate descendant of 762766007 |Edible substance (substance)|
Additional parent concepts may be modeled to denote origin or structural characteristics.
Semantic tag
(substance)
FSN, PT or Synonym should not contain "- dietary" context in descriptions
FSN, PT or Synonym should not contain brand or trade names.
Culinary name should be used for the FSN and PT when referring to meat products and food, e.g., Beef dripping (substance), Pork sausage (substance).
If there are additional adjectives such as baked, boiled, fried, lean, minced, low-fat, roast, or stewed, these adjectives should proceed the name of source organism, e.g., Fried beef steak (substance), Tinned fish (substance).
Pattern:
X (substance)
For example,
Betel nut (substance)
Wheat dextrin (substance)
Tinned fish (substance)
Pattern:
X
For example,
Betel nut
Wheat dextrin
Tinned fish
Pattern: scientific name if appropriate
For example,
Areca catechu
The following illustrates the stated and inferred view.
The following illustrates the stated and inferred view.
Definition status
Primitive
