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== Agriculturally based manufacturing industries == === Food industry === [[Food industry]] – complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together supply much of the food energy consumed by the world population. * [[Bakery]] – establishment which produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cakes, pastries and pies. * [[Brewing]] – production of beer through steeping a starch source (commonly cereal grains) in water and then fermenting with yeast. * [[Brewing industry]] – brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history. * [[Dairy]] – business enterprise established for the harvesting of animal milk – mostly from cows or goats, but also from buffalo, sheep, horses or camels – for human consumption. * [[Distribution center]] – warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products (goods) to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to consumers. * [[Food processing]] – set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food or to transform food into other forms for consumption by humans or animals either in the home or by the food processing industry. ** [[Food additive]] – substances added to food to preserve flavor or enhance its taste and appearance. ** [[Food preservation]] – process of treating and handling food to stop or slow down spoilage (loss of quality, edibility or nutritional value) and thus allow for longer storage. * [[Food safety]] – scientific discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. * [[Food science]] – study concerned with all technical aspects of foods, beginning with harvesting or slaughtering, and ending with its cooking and consumption, an ideology commonly referred to as "from field to fork". * [[Foodborne illness]] – any illness resulting from the consumption of contaminated food, pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food, as well as chemical or natural toxins such as poisonous mushrooms. * [[Mandatory labelling]] – requirement of consumer products to state their ingredients or components. * [[Packaging]] – science, art, and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. * [[Pasteurization]] – process of heating a food, usually a liquid, to a specific temperature for a definite length of time and then cooling it immediately. * [[Quality assurance]] – planned and systematic activities implemented in a quality system so that quality requirements for a product or service will be fulfilled * [[Sterilization (microbiology)]] – term referring to any process that eliminates (removes) or kills all forms of microbial life, including transmissible agents (such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, spore forms, etc.) present on a surface, contained in a fluid, in medication, or in a compound such as biological culture media. * [[Warehouse]] – commercial building for storage of goods. * [[Yeast]] – eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the kingdom fungi, with 1,500 species currently described === Pulp and paper industry === [[Pulp and paper industry]] – comprises companies that use wood as raw material and produce pulp, paper, board and other cellulose-based products.
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