meat packing plant
1packing plant — also packing station ➔ plant * * * packing plant UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE a factory or building where goods are put into containers before being sent somewhere to be sold: »The vegetables are delivered to the packing plant in bulk. »70% of the… …
2Meat packing industry — The William Davies Company facilities in Toronto, Canada, circa 1920. This facility was then the second largest pork packing plant in North America. The meat packing industry handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of… …
3packing plant — noun a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products • Syn: ↑packinghouse • Hypernyms: ↑plant, ↑works, ↑industrial plant * * * noun see packinghouse * * * an establishment for processing and pac …
4packing plant — an establishment for processing and packing foods, esp. meat, to be sold at wholesale. Also called packing house. [1825 35] * * * …
5Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company — is a California based meat packaging company.2008 recallOn February 17, 2008 Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company voluntarily recalled just over 143 million pounds (65 million kilograms) of raw and frozen beef products, considered the largest… …
6Michael Cudahy (meat packing) — Michael Cudahy (1841–1910) was an American industrialist. Cudahy was born in Callan, County Kilkenny Ireland in 1841 and emigrated to the United States in 1849.[1][2][3] He moved with his family to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and worked in the meat… …
7Meat Industry Workers Federation — FOIC Full name Meat Industry Workers Federation Native name Federación Obrera de la Industria de la Carne Date dissolved May 12, 1945 Country Argentina Key people José Peter The Meat Industry Workers Federation (in Spanish: Fede …
8packing house — or packing plant, a place where meat, fruit, vegetables, and other produce are prepared and packed to be sold …
9meat processing — Introduction preparation of meat for human consumption. Meat is the common term used to describe the edible portion of animal tissues and any processed or manufactured products prepared from these tissues. Meats are often classified… …
10Meat Inspection Act — The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was a United States federal law that authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to inspect and condemn any meat product found unfit for human consumption. Unlike previous laws ordering meat inspections which were… …
