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packing house

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packing house [′pakĀ·iŋ ‚hau̇s]
(food engineering)
A food processing plant generally requiring the use of refrigeration.
A building in which livestock are slaughtered and processed, and the meat products and by-products are packed.


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Revisit a major part of Riverside's history via 180-plus acres of citrus groves, a packing house and early California Craftsman-style structures.
Originally important as a slaughterhouse site, Hammond was a meatpacking town until its great packing house was destroyed by fire in 1901.
Originally important as a slaughterhouse site, Hammond was a meatpacking town until its great packing house was destroyed by fire in 1901.
 
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