This introduction to Ingredient Guide II will cover a number of pertinent subject areas. Each subsection is identified by an appropriate title and a basic code number. A tentative name and definition has not received final action to make it official, but it can be construed as official in the absence of a comparable official definition. An index listing the various sections and naming the individual guides appearing in each section is provided immediately following this introduction.
Attention is called to the numbering system utilized.
In the absence of a specific number, which occurs when one definition covers a group of similar or similar-type ingredients, an appropriate combination of number and alphabetical identification is used. They are basically descriptions rather than specifications per se. Specifications are refinements to the definition for a given purpose and are found, for example, in an ingredient firm's description of its production, and in purchasing contracts of buyers. Subsequent portions of each guide will expand on the product description, based on available information. In a generic sense, some of this information can be deemed specification in nature.