meatpacking
Processing animal carcasses
Meatpacking is the industry of slaughtering animals and processing their flesh into cuts of meat for sale.
Large meatpacking plants, often called slaughterhouses or packing houses, handle everything from killing livestock to butchering, packaging, and shipping the final product.
The industry has historically been associated with dangerous working conditions and labor disputes.
He got a job at the meatpacking plant outside of town.
Animal killing facility
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- cleaverBroad-bladed cutting tool
- deboningRemoving skeletal structure
- slaughterKilling for meat
butcher · evisceration · boning · offal · trimming · shank · loin · rib
Livestock enclosure for trade
- abattoirMeat processing facility
- SwiftMoving with great speed
- ArmourMeatpacking family name
- TysonMeat processing company
Smithfield · USDA · OSHA · regulation · unionization · distribution · shipment · livestock
Restoring health or preserving
- saltingApplying sodium chloride
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
- briningSaltwater soaking for meat
- dryingMoisture removal process
jerky · bacon · prosciutto · biltong · pastrami · corned beef · pemmican · confit
Temperature-controlled distribution system
- freezerSubzero storage compartment
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
- chill roomInformal relaxation space
- blast freezingUltra-rapid temperature drop method
ice · frozen · coolant · temperature control · cold storage · reefer truck · flash freezing · thawing
Molar action sometimes
- batchingProcessing in sets
- mixingCombining into one mass
- formingComing into existence
- emulsifyingDispersing one liquid into another
encasing · filling · packaging · labeling · conveyor · automation · quality control · inspecting
slaughterhouse
Animal killing facility
slaughter · butcher · evisceration · boning · offal · trimming · shank · loin · rib · chop
stockyard
Livestock enclosure for trade
Tyson · Smithfield · USDA · OSHA · regulation · unionization · distribution · shipment · livestock · Jungle
curing
Restoring health or preserving
drying · jerky · bacon · prosciutto · biltong · pastrami · corned beef · pemmican · confit · pickling
cold chain
Temperature-controlled distribution system
- freezerSubzero storage compartment
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
- chill roomInformal relaxation space
blast freezing · ice · frozen · coolant · temperature control · cold storage · reefer truck · flash freezing · thawing · cold cuts
grinding
Molar action sometimes
emulsifying · encasing · filling · packaging · labeling · conveyor · automation · quality control · inspecting · sanitizing
- food industryrestaurants, eateries, fast food, cafeterias, catering
- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
- industriesbusiness, factories, education, health, supply chain
- industryfactories, factory, automotive, manufacturing plant, manufacturing plants
- manual laborfarming, lifting, carrying, shoveling, loading
- blue-collar jobsfactory work, factory worker, factory workers, construction, farm hand
meatpackingcattle ranching
Raising bovines commercially
farming · animal husbandry · cooking · food preparation · home cooking
- meatpacking plantFacility processing animal carcasses
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