Drs. Francisco Najar and Phil Bass interview chemical engineer and meat scientist Diana Huerta, an Applications Engineering Manager for Sealed Air Corp. She uses the knowledge from both parts of her education to discuss packaging in the meat industry, as well as the role of automation in the industry.
Mitigating risk comes with a price, but the food industry cannot afford to be reactive when it comes to cybersecurity and fending off ransomware attacks — because the government has been loath to help defend business.
What’s summer without a hot dog or brat? These staples of the backyard party, baseball games or Fourth of July gatherings are more popular than ever — especially as Americans look forward to long-awaited family reunions.
While processors are expecting new guidance on cooling, implementation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) revised Appendix A and B published in 2017 has been delayed. Instead, processors have been allowed to revert back to the 1999 versions.
Meat and poultry product developers can help minimize microbial contamination by leveraging the right mix of pre-harvest interventions on the farm, ranch and at the processing plant.
When it comes to the critical machines in a processing plant, processors may think of the packaging lines, the patty formers, and other expensive pieces of equipment.
Crystalline material, thin blue rubber, glass, hard white plastic, flexible rubber material, and small rocks. All of these items were found in meat or poultry products between May 2020 and May 2021, causing six recalls.