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Raw food preparation

Many types of fish ready to be eaten, including salmon and tuna.

. Packaged household food items
Marketing and retailing

Packaged food aisles of supermarket in Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Food marketing brings together the producer and the consumer. It is the chain of activities that brings food from "farm gate to plate". The marketing of even a single food product can be a complicated process involving many producers and companies. For example, fifty-six companies are involved in making one can of largest direct and indirect non-government employer in the United States.

P rices

Some essential food products including bread, rice and pasta

Food aid
Food aid can benefit people suffering from a shortage of food. It can be used to improve peoples' lives in the short term, so that a society can increase its standard of living to the point that food aid is no longer required. Conversely, badly managed food aid can create problems by disrupting local markets, depressing crop prices, and discouraging food production. Sometimes a cycle of food aid dependence can develop. Its provision, or threatened withdrawal, is sometimes used as a political tool to influence the policies of the destination country, a strategy known as food politics..
Safety

Salmonella bacteria is a common cause of foodborne illness, particularly in undercooked chicken and chicken eggs