When The National Provisioner's 2022 Processor of the Year John Soules Foods was designing and building its new facility in Valley, Ala., food safety was built right in to the operation, says Senior Director of Food Safety and Quality Assurance Tom Miller.

While food safety efforts to prevent microbial contamination of product are top of mind for every meat and poultry processor and product handler, the related production consideration of preventing foreign materials introduction is equally important. 

The continuing decline in the number of recalls suggests the industry is doing a better overall job producing safe food.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas has long had a reputation that things there are bigger, and when it comes to demand for Universal Pure’s high pressure processing services, it’s true.

The English language is weird. It is a hodge-podge mix of many languages that has evolved in transformative ways over the decades and centuries leading to today.

Sanitation and cleaning in meat processing plants are both required to ensure a clean environment.

Many meat processors have embraced the opportunity to maximize use of inputs and ensure the highest level of food safety during production by integrating critical software capabilities to leverage real-time actionable knowledge and provide insight and analytics for enhanced control, consistency and cost savings.

North Carolina State University has conducted a study aimed at assessing the impact of washing poultry on kitchen contamination. 

The American Association of Meat Processors welcomes Sam Gazdziak to the position of Communications Manager.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in two flocks in Minnesota — a commercial turkey flock in Meeker County and a backyard mixed species flock (non-poultry) in Mower County.