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'''Food storage''' allows [[food]] to be eaten for some time (typically weeks to months) after [[harvest]] rather than solely immediately. It is both a traditional [[home economics|domestic skill]] and, in the form of '''food logistics''', an important industrial and commercial activity. [[Food preservation]], storage, and [[transport]], including timely delivery to [[Consumer|consumers]], are important to [[food security]], especially for the majority of people throughout the world who rely on others to produce their food.
Significant losses of food are caused by inadequate storage conditions as well as decisions made at earlier stages of the supply chain, which predispose products to a shorter shelf life. Adequate cold storage, in particular, can be crucial to prevent quantitative and qualitative food losses.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/ca6122en|title=The State of Food and Agriculture 2019. Moving forward on food loss and waste reduction, In brief|publisher=FAO|year=2019|location=Rome|pages=12}}</ref>
Food is stored by almost every [[human society]] and by many [[Animal|animals]]. Storing of food has several main purposes:
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