Several large-scale recalls have been issued recently for products containing foreign material, which creates headlines that draw a lot of attention to how the industry keeps foreign material from contaminating the food supply.
Requiring workers to wear sanitized apparel while guarding the garments from contaminants is crucial for enhancing food safety in meat and poultry plants.
Traditional fMRI has not been widely used to investigate neural stimulation of consuming solid foods, because of potential safety hazards and poor imaging quality. Novel scanning methods could alleviate this.
When forecasting what to expect for the meat industry in 2017, the first thing on everybody’s mind is: "What does a Trump presidency mean to my business and the industry?"
Poultry products remain popular with consumers and the industry has plenty of open road ahead; but external mitigating factors continued to tamp down sales in 2016 and have some areas in need of a tuneup.
Overall sales of poultry were down less than 1 percent in 2016 from 2015 because of a decline in poultry prices as well as total volume of poultry sold, according to Chicago-based Mintel International’s Poultry U.S. report, published in November 2016.
Many major brands have been clamoring in recent years to uncover what drives Millennials to foodservice. Now it’s time for operators to focus on the next generation of young consumers — Generation Z.
Average U.S. Animal Slaughtering and Processing Production during the 12 months through September was up 1.9 percent; however, the pace of growth has slowed since January.
When the University of Wisconsin-Madison decided to hold a ceremony to kick off construction for its new Meat Science Building, officials decided on something a little more appropriate — a ham salting ceremony.