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Through its 74-year history, RMH Foods has gone through many evolutions. Beginning as a custom butchering operation, the company has been a slaughter/processor, a specialty retail store and a fully cooked meats processor. It has operated both as an independent company and as a subsidiary of one of the largest meat processors in the country.

Michael Uetz, principal, Midan Marketing, and Merrill Shugoll, president of Shugoll Research, drill down into their latest research on consumer buying habits and its correlation with meat and poultry sales.

Among the many steps in protein processing, interleaving and stacking of meat product stands among the more tried-and-true processes — a time-tested, relatively straightforward step in the packaging of products from ground protein patties to deli meats and beyond

Separators allow processors to pick carcasses clean of all valuable consumable meat products, adding value to their process.

GL Foods plans to ride the popularity of high-pressure pasteurization (HPP) and grow into a multi-facility co-packer and HPP services provider.

According to the recent National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) “2010 National Meat Case Study,” whole-muscle beef products are holding their own in the meat case, representing 40 percent of packages at supermarkets and club stores.

The times, they are not a-changin’ — they’d changed long ago in the realm of food safety and security.as such, any processors, packers or producers who have not embraced the idea that their supply chain is vulnerable are putting their product in serious danger of anchoring all the wrong kinds of headlines.

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.”

Consumers continue to demand positive value, quality and health benefits when it comes to the protein products they purchase for their families.