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Daily Price Points

USDA Crude Soybean Oil (Cash Price) - 8/27/2008 - 52.42

Omaha, US No 2 Yellow Corn (Cash Price) - 8/27/2008 - 5.59

Yellow Sheet Pork Carcass Cutout Value - 8/27/2008 - 0.837

UB Turkey Index - Total Value - Hen - 8/27/2008 - 0.735

Daily News

New TV ad attacks hot dogs

NACMF to hold public meetings

Pork Checkoff, PIC, Pioneer Hi-Bred partner on scholarships

Smithfield reports loss for 1Q

Sanderson Farms has loss for fiscal 3Q

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Regulations:
The FDA Food Regulation Plan

Trendwatching:
What's ahead for the US Market?

Cover Story

Excellence in engineering
The National Provisioner surveys the operations executives from two industry heavy hitters.

by Pamela Accetta Smith

Dairy Queen highlights its menu options

DQ has served center-of-the-plate proteins such as hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken for five decades. In fact, this year marks the company's 50th year with protein products.

by Tom Wray

Feature Article

Research & Development: Teamwork keys success

Dan Coudreaut, executive chef and director of culinary innovation of McDonald’s USA, speaks with The National Provisioner about the development process for the Southern Style Chicken Sandwich.

by Andy Hanacek

Farm To Plate: Countering agroterrorism - The FBI perspective

In the years since the September 2001 terrorist attacks, collaborative efforts to prevent both the intentional and inadvertent contamination of the nation’s food supply have ramped up among all levels of industry and government.

by Lynn Petrak

Packaging Tech: Heating things up

The future of the microwaveable-packaging market has pushed well beyond traditional trays and bags.

by Pamela Accetta Smith

Columns

Editor's Journal: What does Wal-Mart know that others do not?
A New York Times report about the staying power of old technologies offered provocative insight into survival tactics that could well apply to businesses across the board.

by Barbara Young

Final Word: Fremont figures it out

On July 29, the city council of Fremont, Neb., voted 4-4 on a proposed ordinance (effectively killing it) aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from renting housing or being hired by local businesses.

by Andy Hanacek

Analysis

Barbara's B L O G : 08/25/08
The EPA derailed the requested waiver on the “ethanol mandate.” Now what?

Barbara's B L O G : 08/13/08
John F. Kennedy had it right when he said running for office is a whole lot different from being in office. Once in office, you get so much conflicting advice from advisors that it is hard to know what to do. It is a no-brainer that concepts, strategies, plans and proposals are only as good as the people charged with their execution.

August 2008 Issue

•	Excellence in engineering

•	Dairy Queen highlights its menu options

•	Research & Development: Teamwork keys success

•	Employee Matters: Unequal choices

•	Farm To Plate: Countering agroterrorism - The FBI perspective

•	Editor's Journal: What does Wal-Mart know that others do not?

•	Final Word: Fremont figures it out

Germ Warfare Series

Germ Warfare: Monitoring hogs to protect food supply

Yersinia enterocolitica is a major human foodborne pathogen which causes approximately 87,000 human cases and approximately 1,100 hospitalizations each year in the United States.

by Dr. Saumya Bhaduri
Dr. Irene K. Wesley, DRPH

Products

June Creator's Brief

A new brochure from Cargill Texturizing Solutions discusses the benefits of carrageenans’ gelling, thickening and stabilizing properties.

New Products: Hormel introduces new authentic sliced deli meats

In response to consumers’ feedback, Hormel® Authentic Deli products have been converted to a 100-percent natural line of sliced deli meats.

May Creators' Briefs

Industry News

Hollymatic announces price reduction and release of new HollymaticParts.com Web site

In an effort to combat rising business costs and to encourage customers to use genuine OEM parts for their existing machines, Hollymatic Inc. has lowered prices on more than 170 of the most commonly used “wear parts.”

Sara Lee names Welch VP of customer management

Sara Lee North American Retail has announced the appointment of Shawn Welch as vice president of customer management.

Supplier's Marketplace

Hand Sanitation

The GOJO TFX Dispensing System is designed for use in washrooms and other non-washdown environments.

Transfer Sheets

Flavorseal has introduced its Flavor Wraps Spice and Flavor Transfer Sheets as a way to reduce labor and time for spice application.

Flavor Masking

Symrise Flavors has introduced SymLife Mask®, a new series of flavor-masking solutions that come under the Get Active category of Symrise’s Taste for Life branding platform.

Software

Tharo Systems Inc. has presented the Terminal Server version of its Easylabel 5 software for product identification, bar code and RFID labeling.

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Calendar of Events

Sep 5, 2008 - Sep 7, 2008
Florida Restaurant & Lodging Show
Orlando, Florida

Sep 8, 2008 - Sep 11, 2008
International Sanitary Supply Association/INTERCLEAN North America
Las Vegas, Nevada

Sep 9, 2008 - Sep 11, 2008
Labelexpo Americas 2008
Rosemont, Illinois

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