The 5 sectors

Question 1

What are the five sectors and what are they controlled by?

Answer 1

-Production
- processing
-distribution
- consumption
- research and development
All these are controlled by:
- sustainability, protection and waste management

Question 2

What is processing?

Answer 2

processing involves food being processed or cooked to make it edible. It can be simply just harvesting and washing fruit this is an example of primary processing.
Secondary Processing:
When the foods physical properties are dramatically altered to create a new food product such as apple sauce

Question 3

What is production?

Answer 3

Food production is done by the agriculture industry and fisheries.
Agriculture:
- domesticated animals or livestock are nurtured for meat and dairy products
- Growing and harvesting plant crops
Fisheries:
- Farming of fish, shellfish and marine plant species such as kelp and marine algae.

Question 4

what is distribution?

Answer 4

Distribution is the food being distributed either by air, sea, railway or road.
The food is expected to arrive in perfect condition
Is distributed through two main channels- retail and foodservice.

Question 5

What is consumption?

Answer 5

Consumption - the person who buys and uses goods and services.
- consumers are becoming more demanding for convenience and discerning about the foods origins and ethical production.

Question 6

What is research and development?

Answer 6

• Done by scientists to ensure new products are available for consumers
• creating and testing is done to meet the consumer’s demands
• essential the food industry can stay ahead of demands

Question 7

What is sustainability?

Answer 7

• a food system that delivers food and nutrition security for all in such a way that the economic social and environmental bases to generate food security and nutrition for future generations.
• economic and social sustainability are constrained by environmental limits.

Question 8

What is protection?

Answer 8

• ensure that food supplied to consumers is safe to eat.
• this could include the natural microorganisms that could cause food to be unsafe to eat or deliberate tampering with food to make it unsafe.
• There is many rules and regulations in order to keep food safe to consume.

Question 9

What is waste management?

Answer 9

• limits the environmental and health impacts of the disposal of surplus food products or packaging.
• Australian government departure of the environment and energy monitors food waste.
• they have developed a national waste policy that aims to limit waste and apply a universal waste management policy to the food system in Australia