packing houses
Where livestock becomes product
Packing houses are industrial facilities where meat, produce, or other agricultural products are processed and packaged for distribution.
The term most commonly refers to meatpacking plants where livestock are slaughtered and prepared: He worked at the packing house for thirty years.
Historically, Chicago's packing houses made the city the center of American meatpacking.
- slaughteringKilling many violently
- kill floorWhere animals are dispatched
- blood drainExtraction of bodily fluid
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- food safetyIllness prevention through handling
grading · freezing · assembly lines · cattle pens · labeling · butchering · offal · rendering · warehousing · meatpacking · sorting · protective packaging · deboning · cutting room · cold storage · ice house · waxing · grinding
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packing housesfarms
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packing housesgrocery stores
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