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.
The American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP) 2021 American Convention of Meat Processors and Suppliers’ Exhibition is expected to be one of the first major post-pandemic annual meetings for the meat industry this July in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Over the next four years, the food-grade lubricant market is expected to grow by $40.8 million at a compound annual growth rate of 3 percent, according to Technavio Research. Why? Preventing food contamination is big business.