meatpacking industry
Animal flesh business
The meatpacking industry encompasses businesses that slaughter livestock and process the carcasses into meat products for sale.
The term often appears in discussions of labor conditions, food safety, and industrial agriculture: The meatpacking industry has historically relied on immigrant workers.
Major operations include slaughterhouses, processing plants, and distribution facilities.
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
- kill floorWhere animals are dispatched
- factory floorManufacturing workspace area
- processing plantFacility for converting materials
- cutting roomPost-production editing space
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Livestock husbandry for milk
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