New equipment features on slicers are making the dissembling process easier, as well as improving food safety and employee safety.

There are several misconceptions about what acceptance inspection is, what it is used for and even if it is valid in today’s world of third-party audits and government oversight.

To maintain food safety in the meat industry and help minimize the threat of foodborne illness, it is important for meat and poultry operators to manage apparel as they would machinery and work surfaces.

The evolution in meat and poultry producers embracing automated systems includes leveraging a new generation of mixers that allows plants to more accurately add ingredients while maintaining precise operating cycles and reducing human interaction.

Many meat and poultry producers are finding no good deed goes unpunished. While most operators are working to enhance food safety and improve product quality, their methods often entail an exorbitant consumption of energy and water.

The drive for optimal productivity is making automation increasingly important, and newer robotic technologies are among the machines set to play larger roles in meat and poultry plant operations.

Most meat and poultry products requiring refrigerated or frozen storage conditions are necessary to prolong the shelf life of the item for food safety or quality reasons.

In the never-ending search to create a safer food product, one of the recent developments that has shown the most promise is high-pressure processing.

Often when companies upgrade an existing plant, expand facilities or build new “green field” sites, the new equipment comes with a spare parts package.

Of the many processes necessary to take a live animal and convert it to meat suitable for the dinner table, the kill step has long been the most controversial.