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Food Processing Sector

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 sector is now classified under the 2007 North American Industry Classification System as 311.

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