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...
New York's attorney general has asked a state judge to require Tyson Foods to comply with a subpoena for information in an investigation into possible meat price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reported. Tyson more...
The USDA Office of Inspector General (OIG) is asking the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to update its tracking and monitoring of the agency’s response to COVID-19 and the pandemic’s effect on the U more...
Cull cows account for up to 19% of all the cattle harvested in the U.S. beef industry, playing a significant role in fulfilling the beef demands in the market.[1] However, marketing of cull beef to consumers has been problematic more...
Today, labor reduction automation projects are getting more attention. For several years now, plants have experienced alarming difficulty in attracting and keeping employees with turnover rates rising, exacerbated by the more...
More Processing TechnologySalmonella 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...
Raw chicken provides all of the necessary conditions needed to harbor and support the growth of spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms during processing, refrigerated transportation, and storage. Between 2009 and 2015, the more...
More TroubleshootingJulie Larson Bricher (JLB): Hi, I'm Julie Larson Bricher, your host for Episode 77 of MeatingPod, where we're talking regional economics and poultry industry best practices, with Holly Porter, executive director of the Delmarva more...
Six Sigma can be intimidating. There is a whole body of technical knowledge that supports the implementation of Six Sigma, and we don’t all have the time to take certification courses, or Google our way to understanding more...
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