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ill Lovette, president and CEO of Pilgrim's Pride, offers his take on the 2013 Chicken Media Summit in New Bern, N.C., with Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief. 

Food Safety

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AMIF details major progress in enhancing safety of RTE meat and poultry

May 24, 2013
Manufacturers of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products have dramatically improved the safety of their products during the last decade.
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NSF announces Food Safety Leadership Award winners

May 10, 2013
The awards were presented during the 2013 Food Safety Summit held at the Baltimore Convention Center.
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Protein Problem Solver: Automated wash process maintains maximum food safety

May 7, 2013
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was created to ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply. FSMA shifts industry focus from responding to contamination, to preventing it, making food processors take a more proactive approach to eliminating and preventing foodborne contaminants from entering their plants.
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Detection’s uphill battle

Assessing the recent uptick in recalls for foreign-material contamination in meat and poultry products.
May 7, 2013
Recalls occur on meat and poultry products for a variety of reasons — from positive tests for pathogens to allergen-labeling issues to foreign-material contamination. Any reason for a product recall is a serious one — and each should open the industry’s eyes to what it can do better to prevent these recalls from occurring.
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Consumer Reports, meat industry talk turkey

April 30, 2013
In its first-ever lab analysis of ground turkey products, Consumer Reports found potential disease-causing organisms in most of the samples it tested.
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Canadian beef industry asks government to approve irradiation

April 29, 2013
Canada's beef industry is about to ask the federal government to approve the use of irradiation in meat-processing plants to kill E. coli bacteria in a full range of meat products.
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CPSI Report: ground beef, chicken “riskiest” meats to eat; industry responds

April 24, 2013
Ground beef and chicken pose the greatest likelihood of hospitalization, according to a new report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
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Campylobacter-related food poisonings on the rise

April 23, 2013
Campylobacter-related illnesses grew by 14 percent over the last five years.
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Part of the 2013 Food Safety Report

Marry Automation, Food Safety and Processing

April 9, 2013
Automation … I can almost hear you saying, “Ok, ok, enough already.
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Part of the 2013 Food Safety Report

Consumers could add ‘Pressure’ to checklist of demands

April 9, 2013
When a person walks into a grocery store and picks up a package of sliced deli meat, there would be two things that person would do: First, he or she would look at the expiration date, then that person would look at the overall appearance of the meat inside.
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EVENTS

Food Plant of the Future: Global Food Safety Impact on Facilities

4/25/13
Online
Contact: Jamie Tunison

On demand SQF 2000, FSMA, ISO 22000/PAS220 and other standards continue to gain traction in an attempt to create safer foods and beverages.

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Microbiological Control in the Food Plant Environment and the Role of Rapid Testing

11/29/12
Online
Contact: Jamie Tunison

On demand This webinar will review the impact the plant environment has on microbiological contamination of processed foods and will demonstrate the value of rapid pathogen testing in HACCP and food safety plans.

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Food Plant of the Future: Hazardous Materials Storage and Use

11/8/12
Online
Contact: Jamie Tunison

On demand Concerns over food safety, reliability, and traceability get a great deal of attention within plants.  Yet the highly regulated – but often-overlooked – concern for the storage and use of hazardous materials is also important.

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Food Plant of the Future: Raising the Bar on Plant Air Quality

4/26/12
Online
Contact: Jamie Tunison

On demand Exclusively for thought-leaders in food and beverage processing facility management, Food Plant of the Future webinars are presented by Hixson, a leading design and engineering firm of food processing facilities in North America.

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