Food Industry and Safety

A bulk wholesale store is an example of a food retailer.

• True

• False

A minimally processed food is a food product that contains many ingredients and has been greatly modified in a processing facility.

• True

• False

Consumer surveys are of no value to companies in the food industry.

• True

• False

Food regulations help protect and maintain the safety of food products.

• True

• False

HACCP is a management system that is used to identify and control food safety hazards from the time of harvest through consumption.

• True

• False

The first step in getting food to your table involves production agriculture.

• True

• False

A complex system of people and processes involved in getting food from the producer to the consumer

• food additive

• good manufacturing practices (GMPs)

• food industry

• producer

An individual or business that creates and supplies goods or services

• consumer

• producer

• production agriculture

• meat processing facility

A substance that is added to a food product to help preserve it, improve its nutritional value, or enhance its flavor, texture or appearance

• food additive

• meat processing facility

• producer

• consumer

The cultivation of soil; the planting, raising, and harvesting of crops; and the raising, feeding, and management of animals

• producer

• production agriculture

• consumer

• food additive