meat packing

noun

1. the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.

Other Word Forms

• meat packer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of meat packing¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

Go all the way back to meat packing or swill milk at the turn of the 20th century; go to the fight against big tobacco.

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In the food sector, Republicans and Democrats in Congress last year took aim at price-fixing in the meat packing business.

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The film looks into how several meat packing plants transformed into Covid super spreaders, all thanks to corporate corruption coupled with Trump's blatant disregard for public health guidelines.

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“These children should never have been employed in meat packing plants and this can only happen when employers do no take responsibility to prevent child labor violations from occurring in the first place.”

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“This is what allowed for the growth of monopolies in every industry — meat packing, tech, banking finance, eyeglasses, cheerleading, beer, and in 2010, the music industry.”

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