food industry
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffoodandindustry
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food
noun[C or U]
uk/fuːd/us/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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industry
noun
uk/ˈɪn.də.stri/us/ˈɪn.də.stri/
the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or ...
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(Definition offoodandindustryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thefoodindustryheightened its attention to food handling practices, particularly hand washing, as the epidemic progressed.
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The opposite is true for thefoodindustry.
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As a result of the epidemiologic investigation, one restaurant was temporarily closed and two chronic carriers working in thefoodindustrywere identified and treated.
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They 'give' their lives in vivisection and thefoodindustry.
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Thefoodindustryintroduced organic premiums on several products, milk and beef included, in 1996.
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To this point, countervailing pressures from thefoodindustryhave blunted attempts to redefine their products as "sinful" or to regulate them as health hazards.
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This is especially so in thefoodindustry, often characterised by 'flavours ', ' recipes' and ' tastes'.
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Biofilms are regarded as important with respect to the survival and growth of microorganisms in thefoodindustry.
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The bacterium has the ability to adhere to the materials used in thefoodindustry.
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This gap in knowledge enhances the need for thefoodindustryto collaborate in tree domestication programmes aimed at providing products for wider-scale markets.
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Sources and survival of campylobacters : relevance to enteritis and thefoodindustry.
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These panelists also raised concerns about the influence offoodindustryand commodity organizations on current agricultural policy.
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Sales to the chemical industry surged by 72%, the machinery industry by 22% and thefoodindustryby 24%.
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Work at low temperatures is becoming commoner with the rapid growth of the frozenfoodindustry.
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Other restaurants, particularly the fastfoodindustry, have instituted industry-wide efforts to avoid food contamination, and the federal government has begun more stringent food inspection systems.
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In general the use of antimicrobial coatings in thefoodindustrymay also be questioned owing to the possibility of migration of toxic compounds to foods.
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Retail sales trends for this sector indicate it is the fastest growing segment of the $10.4 billion organicfoodindustry, with a growth of 77.8% between 2002 and 20033.
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Further study to understand the mechanisms and to develop procedures to prevent such bio-accumulation and for depuration of shellfish species by thefoodindustryis necessary.
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