Independent Processor

Independent Processor February 2021 cover

February 2021

Check out the February 2021 edition of Independent Processor, featuring the creative side of sausage making with Smokey Denmark Smoked Meats Co., 2021 outlook, worker safety in a COVID world, biochemical factors affecting goat meat palatability and more!

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The creative side of sausage making

Smokey Denmark makes sausage so others can make memories.
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Sam Gazdziak
February 15, 2021
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Leading restaurants and grocery stores across the state of Texas get their sausages from one place: Smokey Denmark Smoked Sausage Co. The company, which has been around since 1964, has seen tremendous growth over the last decade, with an expanded retail presence and a growing list of products. 


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Industry Issues | Worker Safety

Worker safety in a COVID world

Practices used to protect employees from the Coronavirus may become part of a permanent safety plan.
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Sam Gazdziak
February 15, 2021
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Meat processors have always had to work harder than other industries to keep their employees safe. After all, when you have a processing floor full of processing machinery and knives, you have more inherent danger than, say, an accounting firm.


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2021 Outlook
2021 Outlook

2021 Outlook: Full speed ahead into 2021

After an unpredictable 2020, processors will still have to navigate COVID-19 and its aftereffects in 2021.
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Sam Gazdziak
February 15, 2021
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As chaotic and tumultuous as 2020 was, it did bring some good news to the meat processing industry. Consumers did not lose their appetite for meat when the Coronavirus pandemic closed down restaurants. 


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