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Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief, wants to know if you’re truly offering convenience items to the consumers you want to reach, or if you’re just offering products that fit the same old, “me too” standards. If you’re not offering convenience, you’re missing the target.

The notice proposes updated Salmonella performance standards for raw ground beef and new performance standards for beef manufacturing trimmings for establishments that produce more than 50,000 pounds of these products per day.

The first duty of any food or drink manufacturer is to supply consumers with safe products. While it is essential to maintain good equipment hygiene through the use of effective protocols, such as clean-in-place (CIP) systems, it is also economically important that perfectly usable product is not discarded as part of routine cleaning operations.