This industry e-book provides an in-depth review of focused topics relevant to the industry's growth, development and profitability. In an easy-to-use e-book format, THE MEAT PROCESSOR'S JOURNAL lets processing executives, plant managers and R&D personnel explore the emerging science, methods, and trends pertinent to a specific meat and/or poultry-processing topic. This content-rich, interactive e-book contains video, live web links and detailed graphics that you can download to the e-reader of your choice. The material is also available as a downloadable PDF. (See download instructions below.) Access valuable information — wherever you are — in the format you prefer.

Volume 2 DRY AND SEMI-DRY SAUSAGE PRODUCTION is the second edition of THE MEAT PROCESSOR'S JOURNAL and follows Volume 1 WHOLE MUSCLE PROCESSING (available below). It is a compilation of expert knowledge, practices and technologies developed from the production of premium dry and semi-dry sausages.

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Read with Adobe Acrobat To read and watch embedded videos in the PDF format, download the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader: http://get.adobe.com/reader.

Read with iPad* If you have an iPad or an iPhone, simply copy the epub version to your iTunes, sync your iPad or iPod, and open in iBooks.

Read with your Kindle Simply plug your Kindle into your desktop computer and wait for it to show up on your desktop. Open the Kindle (it looks like another drive on your desktop) and drag the .mobi file into it. Unplug, and your new book will show up in your Kindle list.

Read with Nook Download the Barnes and Noble Nook reader for your Mac or PC. Get it here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/free-nook-apps/379002321/. When you've downloaded and installed, just open the ePub from the File/Open menu, and you'll be able to read it in your application.

To download Volume 1 WHOLE MUSCLE PROCESSING, please click here!


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