A look inside Toronto's Ontario Food Terminal, the largest wholesale fruit and produce distribution centre in Canada, and the third largest in North America after LA and Chicago.

Good luck using the internet these days at Royal Food Service, an Atlanta-based wholesale produce distribution company. Only the company's high-level executives have access to the web's full offerings.

Moving to strengthen protections against the growing problem of counterfeit drugs, the Food & Drug Administration on June 9 said it will require pharmaceutical wholesalers to document the chain of custody as drug products pass through the distribution system.

The food industry is the complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together supply much of the food energy consumed by the world population. Only subsistence farmers, those who survive on what they grow, can be considered outside of the scope of the modern food industry.The food industry includes:Regulation: local, regional, national and international rules and regulations for food production and sale, including food quality and food safety, and industry lobbying activitiesEducation: academic, vocational, consultancyResearch and development: food technologyFinancial services insurance, creditManufacturing: agrichemicals, seed, farm machinery and supplies, agricultural construction, etc.Agriculture: raising of crops and livestock, seafoodFood processing: preparation of fresh products for market, manufacture of prepared food productsMarketing: promotion of generic products (e.g. milk board), new products, public opinion, through advertising, packaging, public relations, etcWholesale and distribution: warehousing, transportation, logisticsRetail: supermarket chains and independent food stores, direct-to-consumer, restaurant, food services