food processing

[food prah-ses-ing]

noun

1. the changing of agricultural products into something that humans or animals can eat.

2. the use of a food processor to prepare an ingredient.

Example Sentences

A food processing plant in Vernon has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts and will pay more than $6 million after it was criminally charged for a hazardous nitrogen gas leak in 2020 that killed two workers.

From Los Angeles Times

The World Economic Forum predicts that by 2030, some 92 million jobs will be taken from humans because of A.I.—though the group also predicts that 170 million new positions will be created, “with the jobs expected to see the most growth including farmworkers, delivery drivers, construction workers, salespeople and food processing workers.”

From Slate

A 19-year-old was killed when he fell into a meat grinder in a food processing facility in Vernon, and workers were killed at an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Yolo County.

From Los Angeles Times

“From construction to hospitality to food processing, California’s employers are struggling to fill positions,” the Republicans wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400 — a chapter of a labor union representing 35,000 retail, grocery and food processing industry workers in the Mid-Atlantic area — said in a June 20 statement that Kroger will be closing four stores represented by the union.

From Salon