Meat 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… … Wikipedia
Meat 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 … Wikipedia
Meat 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… … Wikipedia
meat 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… … Universalium
Meat — For other uses, see Meat (disambiguation). Varieties of meat Meat is animal flesh that is used as food.[1] Most often, this means the skeletal muscle and associated fat and other tissues, but … Wikipedia
Dubuque Packing Company — The former Dubuque Packing Company plant. The Dubuque Packing Company was a former meat packing company based in Dubuque, Iowa. It was recognized for the quality of its products, and in the 1950s it became one of the largest employers in the city … Wikipedia
Canadian Meat Council — The Canadian Meat Council (CMC) is Canada s national trade association for the federally inspected red meat packers and processors. It is an industry trade group associated with the meat packing industry. Federally inspected plants account for… … Wikipedia
Federal Meat Inspection Act — The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) was a United States Congress Act that worked to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and… … Wikipedia
Rath Packing Company — The Rath Packing Company was a meatpacking company located in Waterloo, Iowa between 1891 and 1985.BackgroundGeorge John Rath (varyingly referred to as George Rath and John George Rath) was born in 1821 in Breitenau, Württemberg province, Germany … Wikipedia
Smithfield Packing Company — was founded in 1936 by Joseph W. Luter and his son Joseph W. Luter, Jr., in the Town of Smithfield along the Pagan River, a tributary of the James River in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA, to produce Smithfield hams.… … Wikipedia
Gustavus Franklin Swift — Infobox Person name=Gustavus Franklin Swift image size=120px birth date=birth date|1839|6|24|mf=y birth place=Sagamore, Massachusetts dead=dead death date=death date and age|1903|3|29|1839|6|24|mf=y death place=Lake Forest, IllinoisGustavus… … Wikipedia