What is "zero tolerance"

Zero tolerance is a type of punishment policy. The term can also refer to:

• Zero tolerance (schools), the rule enforcement policy in North American schools
• Zero tolerance (trade), a regulatory standard
• Zero Tolerance (video game), a 1994 video game
• Zero Tolerance Recordings, a record label
• Zero Tolerance (album), a compilation album released under the name Chuck Schuldiner
• Zero Tolerance (1995 film), an American film starring Robert Patrick
• Zero Tolerance (1999 film), a Swedish film starring Jakob Eklund
• Zero Tolerance (2015 film), directed by Wych Kaosayananda
• Zero Tolerance Entertainment, a porn film producer
• Zero Tolerance (magazine), a bi-monthly British magazine focusing on extreme metal
• Operation: Zero Tolerance, a Marvel Comics storyline event
• Operation Zero Tolerance

Zero Tolerance is an 1995 American action film from PM Entertainment Group directed by Joseph Merhi and starring Robert Patrick and Mick Fleetwood.

In food safety policy, a zero tolerance standard generally means that if a potentially dangerous substance (whether microbiological, chemical, or other) is present in or on a product, that product will be considered adulterated and unfit for human consumption. In the United States meat and poultry inspection program, “zero tolerance” usually refers to USDA’s rule that permits no visible signs of fecal contamination (feces) on meat and poultry carcasses. USDA requires that any time such fecal contamination is detected, it must be removed from the carcass. At issue is how this rule has been applied and enforced by USDA in meat and poultry plants. For a number of years, poultry producers have been permitted to either rinse (wash) off or cut (trim) away such contamination, but beef producers have only been permitted to (trim) it with a knife—which they argue costs them money in lost product weight and imposes a requirement that poultry producers do not have to meet. The policy jargon for this debate is “ wash versus trim.” USDA early in 1997 clarified its zero tolerance rule for poultry; a year earlier it gave beef plants permission to use a new high-temperature vacuuming method to remove fecal contamination in lieu of cutting it off.

Zero Tolerance is a 2015 Thai-American action film directed by Wych Kaosayananda and starring Dustin Nguyen, Gary Daniels and Scott Adkins. The film premiered on February 10, 2015 at the Thailand International Film Destination Festival.