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Food industry

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Why earn a food industry degree?

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Unique food processing machines

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How the food industry 'lies' to you

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What is GMP? | Good Manufacturing Practices in Food Industry | SafetyCulture

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People are not setting food processing plants on fire intentionally to create a food shortage

The food industry is a complex, global collective of diverse businesses that supplies most of the food consumed by the world's population. Only subsistence farmers, those who survive on what they grow, and hunter-gatherers can be considered outside the scope of the modern food industry.
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  • Food production 

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