Today's heightened occurrence of food allergies and intolerances are difficult to ignore. Approximately 15 million people in the U.S. have a food allergy — representing a greater number than the entire populations of New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago combined.

The greatest challenge whole-muscle product processors face daily is the natural size and shape variation inherent in any whole-muscle product and process.

Meat and poultry plants are becoming increasingly safer environments for workers in all positions.

Salty and moist products, including meats, can conduct electricity that will affect the metal detector in the same way as a metal contaminant. "Product effect" is the term used to describe instances in which a product's characteristics affect the metal detector in the same way as a metal contaminant.

In recent years, our annual Top 100 Processors Report was littered with constant references to record sales, best years ever and rosy outlooks for the future. That has, at least temporarily, come to a halt in the 2019 edition, as processors are realizing they face slower sales and looming problems.

Maple Lodge Farms Ltd, Canada’s largest independently owned poultry processor, selected Heat and Control to automate the spicing of their whole birds.

Kari Underly’s meat-cutting school has an online component.

The grinding and stuffing process must handle variations in raw meat and poultry to achieve homogeneous and consistent quality products.

Smokehouses, if properly maintained, can have long lifespans. The latest models do come with new technology that can be beneficial to the operator.