meat packing

American  

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.

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Other Word Forms

• meat packer noun

Etymology

Origin of meat packing

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.

From Salon

“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.”

From Washington Post

“It’s very common in this juncture of animal agriculture in general and meat packing plants or feed processing plants,” Koziel said.

From Seattle Times

Storm Lake has a meat packing plant, and she's the journalist who writes for all six to eight towns around Iowa that read her paper.

From Salon

Tuesday after a gate at a meat packing facility was accidentally left open, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.

From Seattle Times