Articles by Andy Hanacek

Beef Products Inc. (BPI) finds itself providing a much-needed product to the beef supply chain.

When Oscar Mayer began consulting with Dr. Kurt Vogel, assistant professor of livestock welfare and behavior at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UWRF), on animal care and welfare initiatives a couple years ago, little did anyone know where the road would ultimately lead for the two parties.

You should never mess with Sasquatch. Unless, of course, he’s your spokes…creature

Processors who focus on worker safety by investing in innovation have seen improvement in key workforce metrics as their employees feel as though their well-being is respected by management and important to company success.

When assessing the future, sometimes it makes sense to return to your roots — trace back your history to understand from whence you came, to see where you might go in the future. Sometimes

The National Provisioner sat down in January with Dr. Dan Hale, professor in Texas A&M University’s Department of Animal Science and with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, to discuss traceability and its slow introduction into the beef production system.

Yes, yes, I know what people say — New Year’s resolutions are made to be broken.

Turn on the TV today, particularly just before a standard mealtime, and you’re likely to be bombarded with commercials from restaurants touting something new, tasty, convenient or unique — particularly from companies in the highly competitive quick-serve restaurant (QSR) space.

Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief of The National Provisioner, visited Hillshire Brands’ Chicago headquarters in November 2013 to speak with Jeff George, senior vice president of Research & Development, as well as Susan Zaripheh, Ph.D., director of Nutrition Research & Innovation, about a new study from Biofortis Clinical Research and the University of Missouri’s Department of Exercise Physiology and Nutrition (see the release on page 40).

One of the primary claims anti-meat activists make against the beef industry revolves around animal handling and welfare.