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The Food Industry

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Gourmet   sensitive and discriminating taste in food preferences  
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Food Industry   involved in the production, processing, storage, preparation, and distribution of food for consumption by living things  
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retailer   the person or store that sells directly to the consumer  
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wholesaler   a person who sells to the retailer, having purchased fresh or processed food in large quantities  
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distributor   stores the food until a request is received to transport the food to a regional market  
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processor   anyone involved in cleaning, separating, handling and preparing a food product before it is ready to be soil to the distributor  
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grader   the person who inspects the food for freshness, size and quality, and determines under what criteria it will be sold and consumed  
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packer   the person or firm responsible for putting the food into containers  
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trucker   the person responsible for transporting the products  
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harvester   the person who removes the edible portions from plants in the field  
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producer   grows the crop and determines its readiness for harvest  
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grade   based on quality standards and improve acceptability of products by the consumer  
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climatic condition   refer to the average temperature, number of days with a certain temperature range, length of growing season, and amount of precipitation for a given geographic area  
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harvesting   taking a product from the plant where it was grown or produced  
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maturity   the state or quality of being fully mature  
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underripe   the product has not reached maturity  
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overripe   the plant is past the optimum maturity  
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spoiled   that chemical changes have taken place in the food or food product that either reduce its nutritional value or render it unfit to eat  
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microorganism   contribute to food spoilage and bacteria, fungi, and nematodes  
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migratory labor   refers to workers who move from place to place where harvesting is occurring throughout the year  
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processing   the steps involved in turning the raw agricultural product into an attractive and consumable food  
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bran   the skin or covering of a wheat kernel  
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endosperm   will become flour  
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germ   the new wheat plant inside the kernel  
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edible   fit to eat  
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