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AAMP Exclusive: Best practices from the American Meat Curing Championships

Editor’s note: The following video is part of a partnership with the American Association of Meat Processors. Its American Cured Meat Championships (ACMC) is the only national event of its kind in North America. Hundreds more...

Covid-19

Widow of Smithfield COVID victim reaches settlement in worker’s comp case

The widow of a Smithfield Foods worker who died from COVID-19 complications in 2020 has settled in court, according to a report in the Argus Leader. Karen Franken applied for worker's compensation death benefits after the more...

Judge dismisses case by Tyson managers fired for COVID-19 bets

Tyson Foods does not have to give incentive pay to supervisors dismissed for wagering on how many workers at the company’s pork plant in Waterloo, Iowa, would be infected with COVID-19, a federal judge has ruled. Tyson more...

Processing Technology

Smarty plants: Tips for optimizing production lines

by Chris Williams, senior vice president of operations and business development, Pineland Farms Natural MeatsBuilding new manufacturing facilities is a challenge. Add to that challenge the fact that food processing facilities more...

How high pressure technology contributes in sustainable meat and poultry production

With growing consumers awareness, in particular in developed countries, that food and its production is an essential measure of healthy life, it is clear that sustainability is a key driver for the future evolution more...

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Troubleshooting

USPOULTRY Exclusive: Risk assessment: Identifying alternative approaches to regulating salmonella in poultry

In the fall of 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that it was mobilizing a stronger and more comprehensive effort to reduce Salmonella illnesses more...

USPOULTRY Exclusive: Profiling Salmonella serotypes through broiler processing

Salmonella is a leading bacterial cause of foodborne illness in the U.S., and poultry remains a vehicle for this pathogen. Salmonella is enormously diverse, with more than 2,600 distinct serotypes. One serotype can differ more...

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Best Practices

MeatingPod Show Notes EP 130: Dr. Wes Osburn, Texas A&M University

Chris Scott (CS): Welcome. I’m Chris Scott, host of Meatingpod and contributing editor at Meatingplace and Alt Meat magazines. In today’s episode, we’re going to focus on research that has the more...

Designing your engineering function for success

by Paul Kafer, Anabasis ConsultingSuccessfully implementing Industry 4.0 technology requires a strong technical foundation. Every part of the plant is affected: ProductionMaintenanceQA and Food SafetyWorker SafetyEnvironmental more...

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