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Dairy Products

A dairy
is a facility
for the extraction and
processing of animal
milk?mostly
from
cows
or
goats,
but also from
buffalo,
sheep,
horses
or
camels
?for human consumption.
Typically it is a farm (dairy
farm) or section of a farm
that is concerned with the
production of milk, butter and
cheese.

Terminology differs slightly
between countries. In particular, in the U.S. a
dairy can also be a facility
that processes, distributes and sells
dairy
products, or a room, building or
establishment where milk is kept and butter or cheese is made. In
New
Zealand English
a dairy means a corner
convenience store,
or
Superette?and
dairy factory is the term
for what is elsewhere called a
dairy.

As an
attributive, the word dairy
refers to milk-based products,
derivatives and processes, and
the animals and workers involved
in their production: for example
dairy
cattle,
dairy goat.
A
dairy farm
produces milk and a dairy
factory
processes it into a variety of
dairy
products.
These establishments constitute
the dairy industry, a component
of the
food
industry.
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