Whisky, for example, before good savoury item of food (6,3)
I believe the answer is:
scotch egg
'savoury item of food' is the definition.
(Scotch eggs are savoury snacks)
'whisky for example before good' is the wordplay.
'whisky' becomes 'scotch' (Scotch whisky is an example).
'for example' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'scotch'+'eg'+'g'='SCOTCH EGG'
(Other definitions for scotch egg that I've seen before include "fried snack" , "Picnic food" , "teatime fare?" , "It is encased in sausage meat" , "Snack made largely of sausage meat" .)