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Following a spring 2011 visit to AdvancePierre Foods’ Cincinnati processing plant, where the processor was pumping out a wide variety of formed protein products, The National Provisioner queried Tom Burroughs, director, Protein Research and Development for AdvancePierre, on some of the challenges and considerations through which processors need to work when developing and incorporating forming technology.

As the national and global economy began to unravel in 2008 and 2009, many companies ran for the hills, begged for answers and reinvented or rebooted their entire strategic plan in order to compensate for the fear that littered the headlines.

With a population of eight to 10 million Muslims in the United States, plus more than one billion overseas, the Islamic market represents a vast, potentially lucrative market for any company involved in the food industry. The challenge, however, is in providing food that both tastes good and is appropriate for the target population.

From its initial announcement 10 months ago, the merger of Pierre Foods, Advance Food Co. and Advance Brands was touted as a perfect fit — a unification of “wonderfully complementary” companies under one corporate umbrella.

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.

While the foodservice industry has been sent reeling by the downturn in the U.S. economy, other sectors of the food industry have had tremendous growth opportunities.

The Oscar Mayer brand introduces new Oscar Mayer Carving Board Meats. Made from high-quality cuts and slowly oven-roasted, these packaged meats make it easy to create sandwiches that deliver that “day after Thanksgiving” type of sandwich any day of the year.

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.”