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FOOD INDUSTRY

Specialty Definition: FOOD INDUSTRY

DomainDefinition

Health

The industry concerned with processing, preparing, preserving, distributing, and serving of foods and beverages. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: FOOD INDUSTRY

Synonym: Food processing. (additional references)

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Crosswords: FOOD INDUSTRY

Specialty definitions using "FOOD INDUSTRY": bromelainCritical control pointFood Information Council, Food TechnologyPectinsVertical coordination. (references)

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Modern Usage: FOOD INDUSTRY

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Breakfast Food Industry (1920)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: FOOD INDUSTRY

DomainTitle

References

  • S. Khonkaen Food Industry Public Co. Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Sonton Food Industry Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Economics of Innovation: The Case of Food Industry (reference)

  • Food Industry Directory 1996: Quality & Safety Testing (reference)

  • Japan Food Industry Data Book [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Science for the Food Industry of the 21st Century: Biotechnology, Supercritical Fluids, Membranes and Other Advanced Technologies for Low Calorie (reference)

  • The Food Industry Wars: Marketing Triumphs and Blunders (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: FOOD INDUSTRY

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Building their own freezing facilities inside their lab, ARS scientists experimented with every step in the process, from selection of the variety grown to harvesting, handling, blanching, freezing, packaging, storing, and transporting products to market. What these scientists learned helped immeasurably to ensure the survival and growth of the U.S. frozen food industry. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: FOOD INDUSTRY

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Government agencies and the food industry have taken steps to reduce contamination of food by the Listeria bacterium. (references)

Better education of food industry workers in basic food safety and restaurant inspection procedures, may prevent cross-contamination and other food handling errors that can lead to outbreaks. (references)

Business

The Spanish food industry is one of the leading food industries in Europe. (references)

In 1997, the total output value of the food industry reached $84.4 billion. (references)

The drive behind local demand is undoubtedly the fast growing food industry. (references)

Economic History

Argentina

Growth in packaging is mainly driven by growth in the food industry. (references)

Djibouti

Franchising is not common in Djibouti but there is some potential in the food industry. (references)

Greece

Greece's food industry is expanding rapidly to support new markets in neighboring countries. (references)

Trade

Moldova

As a private commercial bank, Victoriabank appears to have been the most proactive in supporting the small industry, retail, and food industry of Moldova. (references)

Turkey

Importing products such as pharmaceuticals; organic chemicals, especially those used to produce medicines and medical products; vaccines for both humans and animals; cosmetic products; chemicals used in cleaning and the food industry; live animals and plants; grains and plant seeds; and hormones require import permission certificates from the Directorate General of Curative Care Service of the Ministry of Health and Agriculture. (references)

Worker Rights

El Salvador

In March 2000, the Government denied an application from five food industry unions to form a federation, because they allegedly had made procedural errors in their application. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: FOOD INDUSTRY

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

Health and Human Services secretary Tommy Thompson told representatives of the fast food industry that they should offer and aggressively advertise more fruits and vegetables, re-examine their super-size portions, and generally offer more healthful food.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: FOOD INDUSTRY

CountryNameCountryName
Japan

Sonton Food Industry Co., Ltd.

Thailand

S. Khonkaen Food Industry Public Co. Ltd.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FOOD INDUSTRY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

food industry

156

singapore food industry

6

fast food industry

64

development food industry new nutraceuticals

6

job food industry

38

association food industry

6

sales job food industry

30

frozen food industry

5

pet food industry

17

food industry software

5

entry food industry level

17

food industry internship job summer

5

exhibition food industry

14

acid amino food industry

4

food industry recruiting

11

dehydrated food industry ingredient onion

4

snack food industry

10

accounting food industry software

4

job in food industry

10

organic food industry

4

food industry employment

10

thomas food industry register

4

food industry news

9

credit food industry union

4

food industry recruiter

9

beverage dairy food industry

4

food industry career

9

food industry manufacturing tyson

4

food industry equipment

9

aquistions food industry merger

4

food industry consolidation

8

health food industry

3

california food industry service southern

8

food industry magazine

3

angeles food industry los service

7

additive flavours food industry

3

food industry malaysia

7

employment opportunity food industry

3

county food industry orange service

7

fast food industry trend

3

food industry training

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FOOD INDUSTRY

Language Translations for "FOOD INDUSTRY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

levneds-og nydelsesmiddelindustri (food-manufacturing industry), agroindustri. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

voedings-en genotmiddelenindustrie (food-manufacturing industry), agro-voedingsmiddelensector. (various references)

   

French

  

industrie alimentaire (food processing, food processing industry, food-manufacturing industry). (various references)

   

German

  

Nahrungs-und Genussmittelindustrie (food-manufacturing industry), Agrar-und Ernährungswirtschaft. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γεωργικά προϊόντα διατροφής, τομέας γεωργικών προϊόντων διατροφής. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

élelmiszeripar. (various references)

   

Italian

  

settore agro-alimentare, industria di generi alimentari e voluttuari (food-manufacturing industry). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

食" 工業 , 食"工業 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しょくひ"か"うぎょう, しょくひ""うぎょう. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oodfay industryay

   

Portuguese

  

sector agro-alimentar, indústria alimentar (food-manufacturing industry). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sector agroalimentario, industria de la alimentación (food-manufacturing industry). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FOOD INDUSTRY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-d-f-i-n-o-o-r-s-t-u-y"

-4 letters: industry, nodosity, outfinds, sonority.

-5 letters: disroot, diurons, durions, forints, foundry, furioso, indoors, introfy, nitroso, nitrous, orotund, outfind, riotous, sordino, sunroof, toroids, torsion, unroofs, unroots.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Synonyms
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Spoken
8. Names: Company Usage
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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