<P> It is challenging to find an inclusive way to cover all aspects of food production and sale . The UK Food Standards Agency describes it thus: </P> <Dl> <Dd> "...the whole food industry--from farming and food production, packaging and distribution, to retail and catering ." </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> "...the whole food industry--from farming and food production, packaging and distribution, to retail and catering ." </Dd> <P> The Economic Research Service of the USDA uses the term food system to describe the same thing: </P>

The secondary sector of the agri-food industry includes transportation of food