Steps in the Food Industry Process



Steps in the Food Industry Process

1. Production

• Ground preparation, cultivation, fertilizing, spraying, harvesting, clean-up for next season

2. Assembly

• Food from many farmers is brought to a central place for processing

3. Processing

• Cleaning, sorting, packaging

• changing product from original form by slicing, drying, freezing, etc

4. Shipping

• From processing plant to distribution center

5. Distribution

• Final product passes through one or more distribution centers

• Examples: wholesale market, chain store, farmers’ market

• Final product made available to consumers who normally travel to pick it up

6. Preparing Food to be Eaten

7. Consumption

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