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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

Federal judge trims vaccination lawsuit against Tyson Foods

An Arkansas federal judge trimmed a lawsuit filed by a former Tyson Foods employee that claimed the company’s vaccination policy violated religious beliefs, according to court records. Sarah Pearson, who worked at more...

COVID-19 case dismissed against processor, but new suits may emerge

A federal judge in Texas dismissed a lawsuit against Pilgrim’s Pride on Wednesday, filed by spouses of COVID-19 victims, according to court records. Sybil Elijah and Mrs. Rayford Brown brought claims related to the 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

Assessing microbial spoilage in fresh meats and developing practical application of microbiome technologies

by Steven Ricke, PhD, University of Wisconsin-MadisonNearly one-third of the world’s food supply is either lost or discarded in some form of waste stream (Jones et al., 2021). Regardless of the destination, the ultimate more...

MeatingPod Show Notes EP157: Dr. Casey Owens, Dr. Dongyi Wang

Chris Scott (CS): Welcome. I’m Chris Scott, host of MeatingPod and contributing editor at Meatingplace and Alt-Meat magazines. We have not one, but two special guests for today’s episode, both of whom are more...

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