food storage

Food storage is both a traditional domestic skill and is important industrially.Transport and storing of food as well as timely delivery to customers is important in order to secure the procurement of food.Food is stored by almost every human society and by animals.Storing of food has several main purposes; -storage of harvested and processed plant and animal food products for distribution to customers Enabling a better balanced diet throughout the year -Reducing kitchen waste by preserving unused or uneaten food for late use -Preserving pantry food, such as spices or dry ingredients like rice and flour,for eventual use in cooking Preparedness for catastrophes,emergencies and periods of food scarity or famine Religious reasons Protection from animals or theft Types of food storage Domestic food storage consits of freezers and thawing food,refrigeration,storing oils and fats Dry storage of foods include vegetables,grain,spices,herbs and meat Commercial food logistic Grain and beans are stored in fall grain elevantors, is almost always at a rail head near of production.The grain is shipped to a final user hopper cars.In the former was sovient union, where harvest was poorly controlled grain suppress mold and insects.