Covid-19

China takes five more Australian meat plants off import blacklist

Five Australian plants were removed this week from China’s list of banned meat processors, the Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) said Thursday. Patrick Hutchinson, chief executive of AMIC, called China an “incredibly more...

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...

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...

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...

Live Poultry

Selecting the proper emergency depopulation method

Mass depopulation is never easy. The first consideration in selecting the best method is the reason for the procedure. For example, if a communicable disease is present, especially one that can also infect humans, the method more...

Live Poultry: How to determine the gait score for broilers

As broiler size increased in the United States, so did concern for leg problems. It is believed by many that today’s large broilers gain weight faster than their bones can develop, predisposing them to leg problems more...

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AMSA Exclusive: What's on the schedule for the Reciprocal Meat Conference

Meat scientists from across the country will gather June 24-27, 2018 in Kansas City, Mo., where they will be hosted by Smithfield Foods and other local members from the American Meat Science Association (AMSA) at the AMSA more...

AMSA Exclusive: Pre-harvest implications of growing social interest in how meat is produced

Editor's note: This is part of an occasional series of exclusive articles provided by authors commissioned by the American Meat Science Association in cooperation with Meatingplace. The article is taken from the AMSA 68th more...

Best Practices

Demystifying AI and robotics in meat and poultry processing

By Konrad Ahlin, Georgia Tech Research InstituteWith the recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms like large language models (LLMs), it may seem as if automation in food processing is right around the corner more...

Are your facilities prepared for (literal) changes in the weather?

By Tonya Bryant, Nom Nom Foods Extreme weather such as the recent Hurricane Helene can quickly become a destructive force.  Helene grew in force as it was over the ocean, but I think we all underestimated how wide more...

Plant Tour

JTM's new plant built for future growth

With the opening this year of a new production facility, JTM Food Group in Harrison, Ohio, embarked on a new chapter of growth. What began as a modest family butcher shop in Cincinnati in 1960 has become a $180 million international more...

Field Report

Consistent, high-quality packaging at twice the speed

Founded in 1991, Canadian slaughterhouse and poultry processing company AgriBio is located outside of Quebec City. The company was acquired by Exceldor in 2013. Since 1945, the Exceldor cooperative has specialized exclusively more...

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Maximizing Efficiency in Meat and Poultry Processing: The Role of ERP, MES, and SCADA Systems and Their Integration

Meat and poultry processors face numerous challenges, including ensuring product quality, complying with regulations, optimizing production efficiency, and reducing costs. Implementing and integrating advanced systems like more...

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