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Casings and nettings are available today in more sizes, colors and shapes than ever before, which is a good thing for consumers and processors alike.

Tom Egan, vice president, Industry Services/Membership, for PMMI, adds his thoughts on how FSMA will impact meat processers and what equipment suppliers are doing to present more sanitary design options.

The meat-processing industry, as evidenced by the Top 100 Report, continues to be both extremely stable in some aspects and wildly erratic in others. The companies at the top of the list — Tyson Foods, JBS USA, Cargill Meat Solutions and Smithfield Foods — did not break rank from last year.

Meeting the demands of a customer seems a simple concept in business — when a proposal is made, a company typically does what it can within reason to earn the new business and grow it.

Universal Pasteurization Co. offers a wide variety of value-added services to its sister company’s cold-storage capabilities, including its high-pressure pasteurization services, which have been skyrocketing in popularity.

Meat demand stays high despite downward consumption trend.

Tips to successfully implement a color-coded uniform program in order to enhance a culture of food safety.

Processors and their R&D departments must take a closer look at tomorrow’s meat-case shopper and decide if their product mix and makeup meet the ever-changing demand.

Investigating the use of ultrasound to determine lung problems in sheep so as to screen for kosher slaughter.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, the unthinkable has happened — or maybe not so unthinkable, if you’re a particularly cynical person. Activists and the misguided, misinformed public have won a battle that they had no business winning.