Check out the June 2021 edition of The National Provisioner, featuring our Processor of the Year, Wayne Farms, and a look at the Poultry Plant of the Future. Also featured are articles on pathogen risks, product inspection, optimizing the freezing/cooling process, and more.
Grilling is a commonly accepted cooking method used in meat quality research due to its short cooking time and affordability. However, grilling presents a number of challenges to ensure accurate and precise end-point temperatures, even when executed well. When monitoring internal temperature, the end-point temperature is dependent on correct thermometer placement.
Light intensity has been shown to affect the activity of birds, but most studies have focused on constant light intensities to determine their effect on welfare. Light intensity preference behavior of birds has been suggested to be an additional component of bird welfare.
For some time, we have warned food industry companies — specifically meat and poultry companies — about the necessity to appropriately protect themselves and their brands against the risk posed by Salmonella recalls.
One year ago, determining the winner of The National Provisioner’s Processor of the Year award seemed as standard as it had been for the 25-plus years the publication had doled out the award.
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.
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 first industrial revolution emerged through mechanization primarily of agricultural tools such as the combine harvester and the cotton gin, and more broadly of mass transportation such as rail. It also initiated the transition from agriculture to manufacturing as a primary economic engine.
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.