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Salle de l'industrie
The food industry

Since food does not pass directly from producer to consumer, a variety of companies, large and small, are involved in the production, processing, supply, preservation, packaging, and distribution of food products. Together, these activities form what is known as the ‘food industry.’

Gravure représentant la distribution de pain aux immigrants arrivant en Angleterre en 1709, Neu eröffneter Historischer Bildersaal, Allemagne, 1727, p.526, AL4066
Equal shares. Food security and rationing

The concept of ‘food security’ emerged in 1974 at the first World Food Conference, organised in response to famines around the world.