Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Food Industry

The industry concerned with processing, preparing, preserving, distributing, and serving of foods and beverages.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The industry concerned with processing, preparing, preserving, distributing, and serving of foods and beverages.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Food Industries
  • Industries, Food
  • Industry, Food

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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  1. J01.576w.423w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Food Industry. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019649. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019649
  2. Food Industry. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_industry
  3. Food Industry. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q540912