Food Processing

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The food processing sector covers commercial manufacturing that starts with raw animal, vegetable or marine materials and transforms them into food stuffs or edible products such as dairy, meat, vegetable,bakery, grain and cereals. The Department of Commerce formerly classified this industry under the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification code 20; the sector is now classified under the 1997 North American Industry Classification System as 311.