Food is an essential part of our lives, which is why the way it is grown, processed and transported is
worth understanding and improving. Broadly, the food industry comprises a complex network of
activities pertaining to the supply, consumption, and catering of food products and services across the
world. Finished food products and partially prepared ‘instant’ food packets are also a part of the food
industry
The term food industries covers a series of industrial activities directed at the processing, conversion,
preparation, preservation and packaging of foodstuffs. The raw materials used are generally of
vegetable or animal origin and produced by agriculture, farming, breeding and fishing.
The role of the food industry.
The role of the manufacturing food industry in relation to provision of foods for the weanling
encompasses 4 main objectives viz. customer satisfaction, safety, providing product information and
the maintenance of commercial viability. The effectiveness of the manufacturing food industry to fulfil
these roles is judged by the customer wishing to buy for quality and convenience reasons, by the law
of the land in meeting legal requirements for safety and labelling and by its generation of profit in
terms of commercial viability. Whereas it is commonly expected that industry should fulfil a role in
nutrition education this is seen as a primary role of health professionals whilst industry needs to
provide full and detailed product information. The industry is highly creative in both its technological
innovation and adaptation and works hard at trying to satisfy the requirements of consumers, the
industry, health professionals and its critics.
worth understanding and improving. Broadly, the food industry comprises a complex network of
activities pertaining to the supply, consumption, and catering of food products and services across the
world. Finished food products and partially prepared ‘instant’ food packets are also a part of the food
industry
The term food industries covers a series of industrial activities directed at the processing, conversion,
preparation, preservation and packaging of foodstuffs. The raw materials used are generally of
vegetable or animal origin and produced by agriculture, farming, breeding and fishing.
The role of the food industry.
The role of the manufacturing food industry in relation to provision of foods for the weanling
encompasses 4 main objectives viz. customer satisfaction, safety, providing product information and
the maintenance of commercial viability. The effectiveness of the manufacturing food industry to fulfil
these roles is judged by the customer wishing to buy for quality and convenience reasons, by the law
of the land in meeting legal requirements for safety and labelling and by its generation of profit in
terms of commercial viability. Whereas it is commonly expected that industry should fulfil a role in
nutrition education this is seen as a primary role of health professionals whilst industry needs to
provide full and detailed product information. The industry is highly creative in both its technological
innovation and adaptation and works hard at trying to satisfy the requirements of consumers, the
industry, health professionals and its critics.
