Introduction

• Food processing is the transformation of raw materials into food products.
• The main objectives of food processing are to preserve, improve quality, increase shelf life, reduce waste, and make foods more convenient.
• Food production worker


  • Receiving food items and ensuring appropriate storage
  • Operating food processing equipment
  • Performing preventive and general maintenance on food production equipment
  • Performing food production activities
• Packaging staff/Packer


  • Assembling containers and packaging
  • Placing products in containers
  • Inspecting containers
  • Sealing and labelling containers
  • Stacking and arranging containers
  • Performing sterilization of product containers
  • Ensuring appropriate storage temperature
• Quality Control Staff


  • Inspecting, testing or measuring raw materials and products being produced
  • Accepting or rejecting raw materials and finished products
  • Reporting inspection and test data
  • Recommending adjustments to the assembly or production process
• Processing methods include physical treatments such as cutting, grinding, mixing, blending, heating, cooling, freezing, drying, canning, packaging, and preservation techniques like refrigeration, fermentation, smoking, salting, curing, pickling, and pasteurization.
• Preservation methods include drying, canning, freezing, curing, fermentation, pasteurization, irradiation, and chemical preservatives.
• Equipment in food processing

  • Oven
  • Bottle Capper
  • Burner Stove
  • Cabinet Dryer
  • Can Sealer
  • Fermentation Vat
  • Food Processor
  • Frying Vat
  • Impulse Sealer
  • Jack Lift
  • Meat Grinder
  • Refrigerator
  • Sausage Stuffer
  • Sterilizer
  • Chest Freezer
  • Chiller
  • Juice Extractor
  • Meat Slicer
  • Mixer
  • Pressure Cooker
  • Pressure Canner
  • Smokehouse
  • Boiler
  • Steamer
  • Trolleys
  • Vacuum Packaging Machine
  • Hot Water Bath Canner
  • Silent cutter
• Oven


  • Thermally insulated chamber used for baking, heating, or drying
• Bottle Capper


  • Used to seal bottles when bottling. It uses pressure to cap down the bottle
• Burner Stove


  • Kitchen equipment for cooking or heating that operates by burning fuel or using electricity
• Cabinet Dryer


  • Equipment used to remove moisture in food by distributing heated air in a circular motion
• Can Sealer


  • Machine used to seal the lid to the can body
• Fermentation Vat


  • Container for storing liquids for fermentation, preventing bacteria or other microorganisms from entering
• Food Processor


  • Used to blend, chop, dice, and slice allowing for quicker meal preparation
• Frying Vat


  • Kitchen appliance used to heat large quantities of cooking oil for deep frying large quantities of food
• Impulse Sealer


  • Machine used to seal products, packaging, and other thermoplastic materials using heat
• Jack Lift


  • Mechanical device used to lift and move heavy loads
• Meat Grinder


  • Used for mincing and/or mixing raw or cooked meat
• Refrigerator


  • Used for storing foods to prolong their freshness, usually with a freezer compartment
• Sausage Stuffer


  • Hand-pressed equipment used to force sausage into a casing
• Sterilizer


  • Equipment used to destroy microorganisms by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid
• Chest Freezer


  • Freezers reducing the temperature of objects within the range -1 to -13 degrees Celsius
• Chiller


  • Used to lower the temperature of liquids within the range 2 to 7 degrees Celsius
• Juice Extractor


  • Squeezes out the juice from fresh vegetables and fruits
• Meat Slicer


  • Used to slice meats, sausages, cheeses, and other deli products
• Mixer


  • Machine used for mixing ingredients, often used in baking
• Pressure Cooker


  • Sealed pot with a valve that controls the steam pressure inside to cook food faster and make the meat tender
• Pressure Canner


  • Has a dial indicating the pressure inside the canner and a weighted gauge allowing steam in and out, trapping steam to build up pressure inside the pot
• Smokehouse


  • Equipment used to cure meat or fish with smoke
• Boiler


  • Used to contain a liquid for pasteurization, with a modern version like the steam jacketed kettle boiling liquid through steam
• Steamer


  • Used to cook or prepare various foods with steam heat by holding the food in a closed vessel, reducing steam escape
• Trolleys


  • Small vehicle with wheels used for transporting heavy loads
• Vacuum Packaging Machine


  • Machine that removes air from the package prior to sealing
• Hot Water Bath Canner

  • Large kettle used for water bath, with racks for glass jars to sit on whilst submerged in water and boiled to 100°C
• Silent cutter


  • Used to chop, mix meat, and cut into identical sizes to make sausages
• Tools are handheld devices used to carry out particular tasks
• Methods of food preservation

  • Canning
  • Vacuum sealing
• Hot Water Bath Canner

  • Large kettle used for water bath, has racks for glass jars to sit on whilst submerged in water and boiled to 100 C
• Silent cutter


  • Used to chop and mix meat, cut into identical sizes to make sausages