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2. Food processing is the
transformation of agricultural
products into food, or of one form
of food into other forms.

3. Some food processing methods
play important roles in
reducing food waste and
improving food preservation, thus
reducing the total environmental
impact of agriculture and
improving food security.

4. Salting is a method of preserving
food, that was more common before
modern refrigeration. Salting preserves
food by drawing water out of the food,
preventing bacteria growing and spoiling
the food. There are two methods of
salting food: Dry Curing. The food is
surrounded in salt and left in a cool dry
place.

5. Curing is any of various food
preservation and flavoring
processes of foods such as
meat, fish and vegetables, by the
addition of salt, with the aim of
drawing moisture out of the food
by the process of osmosis..

6. Smoking, in food processing, the
exposure of cured meat and fish products
to smoke for the purposes of preserving
them and increasing their palatability by
adding flavour and imparting a rich
brown colour. The drying action of the
smoke tends to preserve the meat, though
many of the chemicals present
in wood smoke