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July 2024

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 more...

June 2024

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December 2023

Provisur leads the way in sustainable meat and poultry processing equipment

Provisur is a leading industrial food processing equipment manufacturer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with a global network of sales and service more...

February 2023

How Reclosable Packaging for Deli Meats Keeps Your Brand Competitive

The deli meat market is expected to reach $27.4 billion by 2030, per an Allied Market Research report. As packaged deli meats continue to grow in popularity more...

October 2022

The Future of Food Safety: Intervention Technologies That Save Water and Chemistry

Meat and poultry processing consumes massive amounts of water daily—for some processors, the number of gallons reaches well into the millions. Heavy more...

Resistance is Futile: After-Sales Service & Maintenance is Essential to Production

Your packaging equipment needs service, maintenance, and repairs to meet increasing production demand. Resistance is futile. As a modern producer, you more...

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September 2022

Automation… Bringing Predictability Back to Meat Processing

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New Visual Inspection Capabilities Boost Detection of Hard to Find Foreign Materials

Added Line of Defense Delivers Proven Return on Investment BY Olga Pawluczyk Avoiding foreign material (FM) contamination is an ongoing challenge for more...

The Benefits of Buying OEM Parts for Food Processing Equipment.

When your food processing equipment performs at its best, you maximize throughput, profits, and peace of mind. To achieve maximum uptime requires routine more...

July 2022

NOVADRY: The Vacuum Pump Made to Optimize Food & Packaging Processes

The demands placed by manufacturers and consumers on the quality, shelf life, and resource efficiency of food and packaging processes are constantly increasing more...

May 2022

Phage Technology: A Valuable Tool in Your Multi-Hurdle, Multi-Technology Approach

Dr. Alvarado is a Poultry Technical Services Manager at Arm & Hammer Animal and Food Production Innovation can be a real game-changer when it comes more...

April 2022

New research review identifies The Gilt Gap and how much it’s costing the swine industry

University researchers recently completed a literature review and identified clearly defined performance gaps between barrows and gilts in growth performance more...

How Major Meat Producers are Using AI to Improve Retention and Productivity

AI (artificial intelligence) is transforming many industries. AI is contributing to the record-fast development of safe, effective vaccines for COVID more...

December 2021

Spoiler Alert! There are more ways to find spoilage microorganisms than you think

                The estimated economic impact due to food waste and spoilage amounts to a loss of a third of all more...

November 2021

Indulging today’s meat snack lovers with natural ingredient solutions

For a growing number of people, snacking is a way of life. Snacks are no longer limited to specific parts of the day, and consumers are snacking more more...

October 2021

Clean Label Meat Insights Report

We’re helping you learn what consumers want by sharing our proprietary consumer research on clean label meat. Then, we’re helping you deliver more...

September 2021

The Elite 360: The Future of Food Safety

Every poultry processor loses sleep over Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) designation of Category 3. Whether follow-up inspections, corrective actions more...

August 2021

Corbion – Plant Extracts

For years, processors have depended on synthetically produced sodium nitrite for creating cured meat products cost-efficiently, and synthetic antioxidants more...

MAKE YOUR CLAIMS

                  Claims-based meats kept pace with the red-hot meat market in 2020, growing 18.1% to $9 more...

May 2021

Boost Your Defrosting Yields

The global frozen meat market size is projected to reach over $22 billion (US) in 2021 and grow to over $33 billion (US) by 2026. Frozen meat helps with more...

April 2021

Indulging today’s meat snack lovers with natural ingredient solutions

For a growing number of people, snacking is a way of life. Snacks are no longer limited to specific parts of the day, and consumers are snacking more more...

February 2021

Indulging today’s meat snack lovers with natural ingredient solutions

Differentiation in can shape your success in creating meats with natural ingredients. For a growing number of people, snacking is a way of life. Snacks more...

November 2020

Meat processing technology: Keeping dollars … and sense … always at the forefront.

Here’s how one equipment company does it. The meat processing industry is always in the process of reinventing itself – in term of technology more...

September 2020

Let us help you with perfect plant-based proteins

For plant-based alternative proteins, moving beyond frozen formats brings new preservation challenges in terms of safety, shelf life and spoilage. Solving more...

August 2020

Keeping Contamination at Bay

In today’s climate of health hyper-awareness, the need to ensure food safety has never been more critical. It starts on the slaughter floor. There’s more...

Beef Processing in the Pandemic: Prepare for Heavier Steer Carcass Weights

Article written by Mark Swanson, CEO, Birko Meat shortages. COVID-19 outbreaks in meat processing plants. Backups in the supply chain. These are the stories more...

November 2019

A new integrated company… with a heritage that dates back decades

Cantrell and Gainco join forces to deliver more customer options than ever before. Earlier this year, a significant development in the U.S. poultry processing more...

June 2019

More effective debone/trim systems make their mark in poultry processing

The YieldPlus system from Gainco helps processors maximize yields and improve product quality while measuring the productivity and performance of more...

October 2018

Taking trimming technology to the next level

How do you improve on a proven product like hand-held powered meat trimmers? As it turns out, there are numerous ways, and Bettcher Industries is demonstrating more...

March 2018

Do you want to improve inconsistent white meat yield? Why not use a vision system?

Manual poultry cone lines and automated deboning operations have the potential to deliver some of the best sales and profit margins in the industry, due more...

October 2017

Consistency in processing: When small errors become a big deal

If processing hot dogs is so easy, why is that so often it just doesn’t work out right? Have you ever made a batch and thought, “Wow, this more...

September 2017

From mesquite to cedar-planked — BBQ flavors are hot!

BBQ means a lot of different things to different people. In Alabama, BBQ means charred chicken smothered in a white, creamy BBQ sauce. In Texas, BBQ means more...

What a sous vide cooking system could do for you

For 30 years, sous vide processing has notably improved the quality of RTE foods. Food processors can consistently produce guaranteed safe food product more...

August 2017

Improving food safety inspection of pumped products

Contamination detection in liquids, slurries and pastes that pass through pipelines can prove challenging. Discover how X-ray inspection and metal detection more...

June 2017

FALCON evolution: Subtle Changes, Major Results

The NEW FALCON evolution is the latest addition to the TREIF FALCON line and the next generation in portion cutting machines. Responding to a need for more...

April 2017

Meat processors are heeding consumers’ call for convenient, high-protein snacks

According to the "2016 Snacking Occasion Consumer Trend Report" from Technomic, Inc., the percent of consumers snacking between meals has risen sharply more...

January 2017

Foodservice focus + vendor collaboration = category growth

When Amazon decides to delve into a new category, it signals that category is ripe with opportunity. It also is a sign the category probably is primed more...

November 2016

A Natural Shift: What they won’t tell you about liquid smoke and why

Liquid smoke is created by heating hardwood sawdust or chips in a tank until they smolder. The gases and particles are cooled so that they condense and more...

September 2016

Why air exchange is so important to your smokehouse & what some manufacturers won’t tell you

With such a variety of smokehouse designs and different methods of smoking, it’s difficult to know what to look for. We spoke with some of the industries’ more...

August 2016

What effect does tar, creosote build-up have on air exchange?

Processors that use sawdust and log smoke generators know the importants of thoroughly cleaning their system to help prevent issues such as tar dripping more...

June 2016

Cooking bacon: Challenging but achievable

Although bacon may not appear very complex to cook, it’s actually quite challenging to achieve a product that is consistent in size and shape with more...

April 2016

Answering the need for case-ready processing

With growing grocery and consumer demand for case-ready meats, processors are tasked to offer the highest quality case-ready products while doing so at more...

September 2015

High-pressure pasteurization “made in Germany“

Whether freshly squeezed fruit juice or smoothies, sausage or milk products, consumers increasingly demand fresh and natural food without chemical additives more...

September 2012

Photo Essay: DuPont Teijin Films Opens Product Innovation Kitchen

From the outside, it doesn’t exactly scream, “Product Innovation Center!”  It’s in a small shopping center in Richmond, VA more...

May 2011

Cook-in-Pack Technology

All Ready-To-Eat (RTE) sausage producers share a concern for food safety compromised by pathogens. In the last 20 years, the industry has made great strides more...

October 2010

PHOTO ESSAY: Reiser customer center offers turn-key solutions

REISER’s modern, new 6,600 sq.-ft. Customer Center is designed to help customers develop processes and products in an environment that replicates more...

September 2010

White Paper: More effective poultry dark meat deboning processes

It’s common knowledge that the popularity of dark meat poultry in the United States is growing. And why not? Chefs and consumers alike agree on more...

April 2010

Improving sustainability through packaging solutions: Reduction of food waste

Throughout the distribution system, food producers, processors and retailers are identifying ways to increase efficiencies to reduce costs and create more...

Handtmann opens new Forum R&D and training center

Bringing customers from North America to Biberach, Germany, isn't exactly a day trip. But according to Tom Kittle, Handtmann Inc.'s president, based in more...

April 2009

The benefits of MAP technology in bulk transfer packaging

Multiple benefits accrue from Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) technology in bulk transfer of beef grinds. Using combo liners for bulk transfer of more...

September 2008

Triple benefit technology: High pressure processing delivers safety, extended shelf life and all-natural benefits

According to the latest "US Grocery Shopper Trends" survey from Food Marketing Institute (FMI), from 1996 to 2006, 82% of consumers reported they were more...

Special handling for RTE product safety

With the exception of equipment destined for the Ready-To-Eat market, productivity usually is the prime engineering criteria for meat processing automation more...

August 2008

Simpler is better

In yield-critical skinning operations, simplicity is a key to greater profitability. In fact, simplification is the prime directive in Stork Townsend's more...

January 2008

PHOTO ESSAY: An inside look at Vemag's new R&D center

Vemag's ultra-modern customer R&D center, Verden, Germany, attracts processors from around the world. The new facility is the latest addition to Vemag's more...

December 2007

Extracting greater value from trimmings through suspension technology

Meat and poultry processors have long used traditional injection systems to add flavor and moisture in their products. But few realize that even while more...

November 2007

Assessing the impact of tenderization on slicing yield

One of the major changes in the meat industry over the past decade has been the rapid development of sliced, packaged products. Changes in lifestyle, more...

October 2007

Safety, clean labels and shelf-life extension: High pressure pasteurization takes center stage

Have you noticed? Driven by consumer demand for all-natural, minimally processed products, almost all major North American meat processors have now introduced more...

September 2007

Understanding and maintaining airflow within your smokehouse

Thermal processing ovens — known as smokehouses, Batch ovens or forced air convection ovens — utilize many of the same variables. Some of more...

April 2007

Ham manufacturing: Applying the Cozzini FastHam™ process

The two most important attributes for all cooked ham products are their intra-muscular bind and their water retention (water holding and water binding more...

January 2007

Effectiveness of Spectrum Antimicrobial Agent as an intervention strategy in immersion chill applications

Salmonella continues to be a leading cause of food-borne illness in the United States. Because salmonella is often associated with poultry, new Food Safety more...

Controlling Listeria in ready-to-eat meat products

Listeria bacterial contaminations in ready-to-eat meat products can not only be hazardous to people who consume the product, but recalls due to such contaminations more...

November 2006

The rating game: Consumers weigh in on enhanced ground beef patties

Perhaps owing to the recent confluence of ethnic dining trends, or perhaps because they dine out more frequently, today's consumers are more attuned to more...

August 2006

The rating game: Consumers weigh in on enhanced steaks

Palatability is the key to any successful meat manufacturing enterprise. Indeed, study after study shows that if a meat product fails to please in the more...

NCBA brings knowledge, expertise to market through Beef Innovations Group

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association is proud to introduce the check-off funded Beef Innovations Group. The Beef Innovations Group, or BIG for short more...

June 2006

What's next for Beef Value Cuts?

In 1999, as part of an effort to create more options for consumers at the meat case, the checkoff-funded National Cattlemen's Beef Association's (NCBA) more...

May 2006

Shredded beef holds the key to profit potential

From sourcing raw materials to researching consumer-purchasing habits, introducing new beef products to the marketplace can be challenging and costly more...

Engineering the next generation of scales and weight indicators

Revolutionary new scale and weight indicator designs are the product of carefully researching meat & poultry plant operators' concerns. Problems with more...