June 2018

Regulations & Legislation

USDA releases proposal for bioengineered food labeling

June 15, 2018

Under the standard, certain human food manufacturers, retailers and importers will be required to notify consumers that a food is either bioengineered (BE) or contains BE contents.

Farm to Plate

Data pinpoints need for a continued focus on stunning efficacy and management

A stunning issue: Assessing humane-handling enforcement actions and developing teachable moments for processors on stunning and handling of animals.

Faith Baier Lucas Heimmermann Sara Odegard Kaleiah Schiller

Kurt D. Vogel PhD

June 13, 2018

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In 2016 and 2017, 107 and 104 humane handling enforcement actions were posted to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Web site, respectively.

Meat Science Review

Continued pre-harvest efforts to address Salmonella in bovine lymph nodes

Ashley Arnold

June 13, 2018

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After a series of salmonellosis outbreaks linked to ground beef that occurred annually from 2011 to 2013, FSIS released a two-year Salmonella action plan that contained 10 objectives or activities, including: "Explore the contribution of lymph nodes to Salmonella contamination" and "Pre-harvest related activities."

Poultry Perspectives

Value in poultry organizations working together

Gwen Venable

June 22, 2018

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Knowledge, information and expertise developed by one poultry organization is shared and available to, and utilized by, the remaining organizations to further their own mission areas.

Guest Column | Legislation

'Landmark' hog nuisance verdict may leave no mark at all

Clayton Bailey

June 22, 2018

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Major media outlets and a handful of industry pundits quickly attached the "landmark" label to a recent multimillion-dollar jury verdict against Murphy-Brown, the hog production division of Virginia-based Smithfield Foods.

Fight for Food Safety

Are you looking over both shoulders?

Shawn K. Stevens

June 19, 2018

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The smart processors spend considerable time looking over one shoulder to ensure their suppliers follow the best dressing practices and use the latest interventions to keep dangerous pathogens at bay.

Ray Rastelli Jr., Ray Rastelli III and Brittany Rastelli

Processor of the Year

2018 Processor of the Year: Rastelli Foods Group

Rastelli Foods Group has transformed itself as the go-to protein processor in the e-commerce (and home-shopping) segment, all while building its retail brand and growing its legacy retail, foodservice and export businesses.

Andy Hanacek

June 21, 2018

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Based on the success Rastelli Foods Group has experienced in the last year, the protein processor has been named The National Provisioner's 2018 Processor of the Year.

Meat Plant Workers Wearing Food Safety Apparel

Processing Tech

Worker safety in meat and poultry processing: A team effort

Meat and poultry processors enhance operating protocols to minimize worker injuries and illnesses, but employee buy-in is crucial.

Richard Mitchell

June 18, 2018

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High noise levels, dangerous equipment, slippery floors, harmful chemicals and musculoskeletal issues are causing illness and injury rates in the meat packaging industry to be 2.5 times higher than the national average, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Fortress Technology Phantom Metal Detector

Protein Problem Solver

Detecting metal while sidestepping in-pack oxygen scavengers

June 11, 2018

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To cope with heightened demand, Meatsnacks Group recently invested in three Phantom metal detectors from Fortress Technology, specifically to filter out the signal generated by iron filings from each packet's scavenger oxygen absorber.

Food Safety

Can genomics advance pre-harvest intervention strategies?

Common-sense prevention still works for pre-harvest intervention, while new food safety tools continue to be researched.

Megan Pellegrini

June 18, 2018

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Researchers are harnessing a still-developing field of study, microgenomics, to limit pathogens in the pre-harvest stage of cattle, while common sense methods are still being used to protect poultry.

Processing Tech

Challenges of whole-muscle processing

Chasing convenience and consistency

Elizabeth Fuhrman

June 14, 2018

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As with the entire food industry, whole-muscle processors face the challenge now of feeding an increasing number of people regardless of population growth projections.

Formulation Strategies

Lunch trends: Consumers' snacking habits move into lunch

Megan Pellegrini

June 14, 2018

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At the retail deli counter, lunchmeat has always been the cornerstone of what makes its way into lunchboxes, until recently. Lunchmeat is showing signs of struggle as consumers change the way they eat, especially around lunch.

Join Tony Vacaro, Foods Industry Manager, and Emile Klein, Foods Market Strategy Manager at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. , as they tackle key questions surrounding heat removal in food processing.

The National Provisioner

Columns

USDA releases proposal for bioengineered food labeling

Data pinpoints need for a continued focus on stunning efficacy and management

Continued pre-harvest efforts to address Salmonella in bovine lymph nodes

Value in poultry organizations working together

'Landmark' hog nuisance verdict may leave no mark at all

Are you looking over both shoulders?

Cover Story

2018 Processor of the Year: Rastelli Foods Group

Departments

Worker safety in meat and poultry processing: A team effort

Detecting metal while sidestepping in-pack oxygen scavengers

Can genomics advance pre-harvest intervention strategies?

Challenges of whole-muscle processing

Feature Articles

Lunch trends: Consumers' snacking habits move into lunch

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