Florio Sports LLC has teamed with Major League Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. to launch Ripken Power Shred, a new, high-quality, protein-rich jerky product made from lean American beef.
If you’re into riddles, here is one to think about: What has a single source that varies? If you’re into food safety, your answer should be “E. coli O157:H7.”
During the spring of 1993, in the midst of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak, the Secretary of Agriculture asked me how many federally inspected beef plants in the United States had voluntarily implemented HACCP. I had to tell him that out of almost 7,000 plants, less than 500 were practicing HACCP.
Protein plant of the future? You may be thinking, “I can’t worry about a future plant when I am focusing on my current plant’s operations.” But without forward thinking NOW, your protein plant of the future may be a boarded-up building surrounded by a weed-infested parking lot, or an over-built mega-structure burdened with fixed overhead costs and no workforce.
At 23 years old, most people are just starting off their career, struggling to make it through the ranks at an entry-level job. At 23 years old, Larry Vad was running his own meat business, which he had started from scratch.
Most that know me know that when I travel to the U.S. I enjoy debating American politics, especially with Americans. There is a lot of speculation as to why I would engage in such potentially harmful behavior. Many, including the owner of Cardinal, believe I do it just to mix things up with our American brethren.