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Their Way or the Highway? Dealing with Channel Masters
Nov. 12, 2009 @ 12:00 p.m. EDT

Out of Stock? Match Demand with Production through Better Supply Chain Management

On-Demand Until: Aug. 27, 2010 @ 12:00 p.m. EDT

Food Plant of the Future: Using Design to Increase Productivity and Drive Down Unit Costs
On-Demand Until: June 9, 2010 | 2:00 p.m. EDT

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Cancer Project sues McDonald's, Burger King, Friendly's

McDonald's Corp., Burger King Holdings Inc. and Friendly Ice Cream Corp. are being sued in state court in Hartford, Conn., by Washington-based and PETA-backed Cancer Project. The restaurant chains have been accused of selling chicken that they knew contains PhIP, a chemical that can cause cancer even in small amounts. The group filed the lawsuit on behalf of two Connecticut residents who have been diagnosed with cancer and is seeking class-action status on behalf of everyone who bought or ate grilled chicken from October 2006 to this month.

Veal: Making veal easier
Today's veal is high in protein, low in fat and easy to prepare. That's the message delivered to consumers seeking recipes and other information about delicious, nutritious veal on the new Beef Checkoff-funded veal consumer Web site, www.vealmadeeasy.com. From nutritional information to factoids about veal, consumers interested in learning how to make veal dishes at home have been using vealmadeeasy.com to access information and register to win the Veal Summer Grilling Grocery Giveaway - a summer Web site promotion that ended Sept. 15.

USDA confirms H1N1 virus in Minnesota pigs
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) has confirmed the presence of 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in a pig sample collected at the Minnesota State Fair submitted by the University of Minnesota. Additional samples are being tested.

Chicken: Another 'Goldilocks' year?
Looking back over 2009, it was a year that had many interesting developments in terms of adjusting production to a new level of domestic consumer demand, dealing with potential and significant export disruptions to the two largest markets, mandatory country-of-origin labeling, a new player becoming the owner of major broiler company, and the list goes on. Despite the many developments, the bottom line for most companies was a year of relief from negative net margins that had persisted during 2008, if not before last year. This year can be characterized as somewhat like Goldilocks described her favorite porridge: not too hot and not too cold.

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The 2009 State of the Industry report
Experts weigh in on the issues that shape today's meat- and poultry-processing industries. The National Provisioner will post a new segment/category review online every Monday, Wednesday and Friday leading up to the AMI/Worldwide Food Expo in Chicago at the end of the month.

Editor's Journal: It's whom you know

We at The National Provisioner believe in connections - our ability to use our connections in the industry to help our readers connect, in turn, to even better in-the-trenches information.

Independent Processor Digital Edition

Click and check out the digital edition of the Independent Processor on our Web site.

Daily Price Points
Commodity information found in The National Provisioner Daily Price Points web feature is provided by Urner Barry, a publisher specializing in the timely, accurate, and unbiased reporting of market news to clients in the poultry, egg, meat, seafood, and related segments of the food industry.

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