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The Food Industry

TermDefinition
Gourmet sensitive and discriminating taste in food preferences
Food Industry involved in the production, processing, storage, preparation, and distribution of food for consumption by living things
retailer the person or store that sells directly to the consumer
wholesaler a person who sells to the retailer, having purchased fresh or processed food in large quantities
distributor stores the food until a request is received to transport the food to a regional market
processor anyone involved in cleaning, separating, handling and preparing a food product before it is ready to be soil to the distributor
grader the person who inspects the food for freshness, size and quality, and determines under what criteria it will be sold and consumed
packer the person or firm responsible for putting the food into containers
trucker the person responsible for transporting the products
harvester the person who removes the edible portions from plants in the field
producer grows the crop and determines its readiness for harvest
grade based on quality standards and improve acceptability of products by the consumer
climatic condition refer to the average temperature, number of days with a certain temperature range, length of growing season, and amount of precipitation for a given geographic area
harvesting taking a product from the plant where it was grown or produced
maturity the state or quality of being fully mature
underripe the product has not reached maturity
overripe the plant is past the optimum maturity
spoiled that chemical changes have taken place in the food or food product that either reduce its nutritional value or render it unfit to eat
microorganism contribute to food spoilage and bacteria, fungi, and nematodes
migratory labor refers to workers who move from place to place where harvesting is occurring throughout the year
processing the steps involved in turning the raw agricultural product into an attractive and consumable food
bran the skin or covering of a wheat kernel
endosperm will become flour
germ the new wheat plant inside the kernel
edible fit to eat
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