meat packing

noun

1. the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.

Other Words From

• meat packer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of meat packing¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

In the food sector, Republicans and Democrats in Congress last year took aim at price-fixing in the meat packing business.

From Los Angeles Times

The film looks into how several meat packing plants transformed into Covid super spreaders, all thanks to corporate corruption coupled with Trump's blatant disregard for public health guidelines.

From Salon

“These children should never have been employed in meat packing plants and this can only happen when employers do no take responsibility to prevent child labor violations from occurring in the first place.”

From Washington Post

“This is what allowed for the growth of monopolies in every industry — meat packing, tech, banking finance, eyeglasses, cheerleading, beer, and in 2010, the music industry.”

From Washington Times

The Biden administration has tried to restrain some of these increases, including with an effort to combat consolidation in the meat packing business, which it says is a source of higher prices.

From New York Times