Meat products - Articles - Page 4

New Plant Products

Trayed packaging for raw foods

April 23, 2020

ULMA FS-400 flow wrapper is designed to produce cost-effective packaging for raw food products that often vary in size and shape.

New Plant Products

Packaging for meat, poultry

March 16, 2020

The UMLA FS-400 flow wrapper is designed specifically for the fresh poultry and meat packaging market segment.

How is the chicken industry keeping up with the latest consumer trends? Ask farmers.

Back to basics

Megan Pellegrini

August 16, 2019

There's no denying the popularity of chicken. According to the USDA, total chicken per capita consumption should reach 94.3 pounds in 2019.

Food Safety

Bison burger recalled for possible E. coli linked to illness outbreak

Frozen ground meat imported from Canada

Rose Shilling

July 17, 2019

Northfork Bison Distributions Inc. recalled ground bison and patties imported from Canada that are linked to a multistate E. coli outbreak.

Regulatory Watch

Shared regulatory approach for livestock, poultry cell-cultured products

May 20, 2019

USDA's FSIS and FDA released a formal agreement to address the regulatory oversight of human food products derived from the cells of livestock and poultry, which describes the oversight roles and responsibilities for both agencies and how they will collaborate to regulate the development and entry of these products into commerce.

Manufacturing News

Cell-cultured meat concerns

Wayne Labs

May 17, 2019

USDA and FDA held a joint public meeting on the use of cell culture technology and discussed the technology, its theory, application and issues.

Food Safety

Regulators analyze whether 2 ground beef recalls are related to E. coli outbreak

Colorado Premium Foods recalled beef from restaurants; Grant Park Packing recalled product for institutional use

Rose Shilling

April 25, 2019

Two companies recalled large amounts for ground beef for possible E. coli, and public health officials are testing the meat to find out whether it’s linked to an ongoing E. coli outbreak. The USDA warned that additional product may be recalled in the continuing investigation.

Food Packaging

Recyclable meat trays offer display and sustainable packaging benefits

Rose Shilling

April 17, 2019

Kloeckner Pentaplast has new ideas for how meat companies can display products in stores and offer more sustainable packaging.

Field Reports

High-speed interleaving, stacking results in sanitary production

April 15, 2019

Despite ongoing production pressures on meat and poultry operations managers, making the effort to follow best practice sanitary standards can not only enhance food safety and production but also add value to products.