Foodstuffs Industry  Manufacturers, Traders, Suppliers

Food industry or food industry is an economic sector downstream from agriculture or an economic sector whose essential part consists in making the agricultural products produced available for human consumption and processing. There are also smaller companies which pursue these goals in their production, but these are regarded as food handicrafts. This applies to companies with fewer than 20 employees. Many other branches of the food industry are directly linked to the nutrition of the population. These are food retailers, gastronomy, food wholesalers, the food trade and the food industry. These form the adjacent service areas which together make up the food industry.Meat processing machines, beverage machines and beverage plants, coffee processing machines, tea processing machines and tobacco processing machines, fruit processing machines and vegetable processing machines or confectionery production machines are now indispensable in the food industry.The production of food is carried out under strict guidelines. Intensive food controls are carried out to protect the end consumer.