Animal Food Industries and Potentials for its Development in Babylon Province

Abstract

The animal food industry is one of the branches of the food industry, due to its association with livestock and the resulting foodstuff for the population, such as red and white meat, eggs, milk and its derivatives, which have become an important nutritional place in people’s lives, because they are considered at the forefront of foodstuffs that people desire for their food. This importance comes as a result of the high prices of red meat and the increase in the population, which stimulated the breeding of animals in facilities, and the food is provided for them, including those that are provided by natural ones, and the most important and most useful is what is produced by industrial products specialized in the production of these foods. The researcher conducted a field study and a field survey of animal food industry establishments in the governorate during the period from 17/11- 11/30/2022.