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International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS

Abbreviation	Name	Version	Valid from	Valid to	Family
ISCED97_OBORY	International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS	1	01.01.2008	09.09.9999	Education

Classification Item:

Food processing

Level	Code	Name
3	541	Food processing

Definition of item:

Food processing (Manufacturing and processing) is the study of processing and
packaging of food and beverages, and the equipment and procedures used in the
production and distribution of foods. Programmes with the following main content are
classified here:

Baking
Beer brewing
Butchering
Confectionery
Dairy foods
Food and drink processing
Food preservation
Food science and technology
Meat processing
Pastry cooking
Tobacco processing
Wine production

Inclusions:

Study of food handling and food hygiene is included in this field.
Study of tobacco processing is included in this field.

Exclusions:

Restaurant and catering programmes are excluded from this group and included in
field 811 ‘Hotel, restaurant and catering’.
Nutritional science is excluded from this field and included in field 421 ‘Biology
and biochemistry’.

Correspondences

International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 2 - Narrow fields

Manufacturing and processing

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