Kacie Salove is a student at the University of Idaho and placed second in the Master Research Competition at the American Meat Science Association’s 70th RMC in College Station, Texas, this past June.
Different types of packaging for fresh beef, lamb, pork and poultry products can be seen in retail cases across the United States. These different types of packaging were created to allow for shelf stability of product.
The 71st Reciprocal Meat Conference is a place for students to get involved and network with each other and professionals in the industry, and this year was no different!
Recently, the USDA-AMS posted a notice on the Federal Register for comments on modernizing standards to allow for the use of documentation of actual age or dentition, a method used by the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Services (FSIS), when determining beef carcass quality grades.
