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                    Food hygiene is crucial in                  production facilities, while
                    both the Food Manufacturing                 medium-sized companies like
                    and Food Servicing Industries               General Mills serve regional

                    to ensure the safety and                    or national markets. Small-
                    quality of food products. In                scale manufacturers, including

                    manufacturing, it involves                  artisanal producers, focus on
                    rigorous sanitation of facilities           niche markets with smaller
                    and equipment, strict personal              operations. In food servicing,

                    hygiene, safe food handling                 global chains like McDonald’s
                    practices, and quality                      and Starbucks dominate

                    control measures to prevent                 with standardized processes
                    contamination and spoilage. In  and numerous outlets, while
                    food servicing, hygiene focuses  mid-sized operations include

                    on proper food preparation                  regional restaurant chains and
                    and storage, maintaining clean  catering services. Small-scale

                    environments, and providing                 providers, such as independent
                    staff with ongoing training to              restaurants and food
                    handle food safely and adhere               trucks, offer unique dining

                    to hygiene standards. Effective             experiences. Collectively, these
                    food hygiene practices are                  industries represent trillions in

                    essential for protecting public             annual revenue and millions
                    health, meeting regulatory                  of jobs worldwide, with
                    requirements, and building                  significant regional variations

                    consumer trust.                             in size and economic impact.

                    The Food Manufacturing and                  Clean India Journal interacts

                    Food Servicing industries are               with experienced Food
                    extensive and varied in size,               Manufacturing and Food

                    reflecting their pivotal role in            Servicing experts to glean
                    the global economy. Large-                  knowledge on the SOPs to be
                    scale food manufacturers,                   in place for hygiene and safety

                    such as Nestlé and PepsiCo,                 methods to be implemented in
                    operate globally with extensive  a facility.






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