The National Provisioner

The National Provisioner April 2020

2020 April

Check out the April 2020 edition of The National Provisioner: 2020 Sourcebook, portion control trends, spare parts know-how, sanitization, food safety and much more!

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Tech | Spare parts know-how

Playing by the (right) rules?

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Phillip Slater
March 9, 2020
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It is almost impossible to be successful in any activity if you don’t fully understand the rules that govern success. By rules, I mean the way different elements of the activity interact and influence each other in order to achieve your goals. 


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Tech | Packaging

Meat and poultry labels: under review

FSIS is evaluating and proposing changes to meat and poultry labels.
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Megan Pellegrini
March 16, 2020
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Since Executive Order 13777 Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda was signed in 2017, Regulatory Reform Task Forces have evaluated and proposed changes to existing regulations to repeal, replace and modify cumbersome requirements. Several labeling requirements for meat and poultry products are under review.


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Tech | Ingredients

Multi-functional, natural antimicrobials

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Elizabeth Fuhrman
April 1, 2020
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Processors continue to increase the use of natural antimicrobial ingredients as they move toward cleaner labels. Identifying these natural compounds or groups of compounds that function singularly or together to be effective as antimicrobial systems in their products remains a top development area for them, says Jeff Sindelar, extension meat specialist and associate professor in Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


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