Food+Packaging+Industry

Hannah Rauch Bryn Ladner

=Birth of Industry= = = = =

= = =The transportations of food started off as barges and railroads and then it went to trucks and air transportation= =-Reducepackaging.com= = = = = = = =The food packaging industry started because people needed an easier and safer way to keep food fresh and longer lasting.=
 * =20,000 years ago – modified natural materials=
 * =8,000 years ago – ceramics, amphorae,=
 * =5,000 years ago – wood, barrels, boxes, crates=
 * =3,500 years ago – produced ceramics, pottery=
 * =2,500 years ago – glass containers=
 * =2,000 years ago – paper and cellulose fibres - not real paper.=





= = =Technology Expands= =The food industry uses energy for food preservation, storage, and convienient packaging= =Processing uses 78% electricity. About half of the energy consumption is used for raw materials and products.= =-www.aceee.org= = = =Technology Improving Life= =Packaging food improved the quality of life because it saved people from eating bad or spoiled food.=

=The food packaging industry is primarily concerned with the protection of food products from biological, physical, and chemical agents. People are getting more concerned with the hygiene and quality of their food, so the food packaging industry is gradually setting up it's stand to contend with other industries.= =www.ask.com/foodpackagingindustry= =Philip Armour built largest meat packaging company. In 1872, he moved to Chicago and built a large pork plant. Three years later, he reinvested profits by expanding its pork operation and added dressed beef, meat canning, and the manufacture of oleomargarine.= =Gustavas Swift started a big American corporation that revolutionized the meat packaging industry. They did this by using refrigerated railroad cars, invented in 1885, strict cost controls at his plant, and "vertical integration". The refrigerated railroad cars didn't just effect the meat industry though.= =Meat inspection act:= = = =The meat inspection act, in 1906, brought many rules to the processing of cattle, sheep, horses, and pigs being prepared for human consumption.= = = = = =Pure Food and Drug Act= = = =The Pure Food and Drug Act took place in 1906 in which public pressure forced a reluctant Congress to consider this act.=
 * =All animals were required to pass an inspection by the U.S Drug Administration before being slaughter.=
 * =All cold meats were subject to a post- mortem inspection=
 * =Cleanliness regulations were established for slaughterhouses and processing plant=
 * =Creation of the food and drug administration has the responsibility of testing all foods and drugs destined for human consumption.=
 * =The requirement for prescriptions from licensed physicians before a patient could purchase the prescripted drugs.=
 * =The requirements of warnings on habit forming drugs.=
 * =www.u-s-history.com=



= = =Working Conditions= =In the 1930s, meat jobs were all paid and came with health insurance and led to stable communities. But it has changed since then. Working conditions in slaughter houses were dirty. If you had to go to the restroom, you went on the floor. There were also rats running all over the place. Questions: 1. Who had the biggest food processing industry in Chicago? 2. What did the transportations of food start off as? 3. How much electricity does food processing use? 4. What do you think of the pure food and drug act? 5. How did packaging food improve the quality of life? =