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The purpose of this trip was to bring together media and food industry experts from the United States and Canada and processors from Poland.

I like to say the food industry is a dynamic landscape of innovation. A case in point is how the basic business model is ever changing.

An SOP (standard operating procedure) is a procedure specific to your operation that describes the activities necessary to complete a task. Any document that is a "how to" falls into the category of an SOP.

The term antibiotic resistance (AMR) can be used to describe bacteria that are not susceptible to one or more antibiotics.

On Dec. 20, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a final rule to implement the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (the BE rule).

FSIS encourages establishments to voluntarily adopt and implement a Food Defense Plan (FDP), and to conduct training and exercises to ensure preparedness.

Editor-in-chief Andy Hanacek discusses the focus of our January cover story, Stampede Meat, and the role they are playing in the Sunland Park, N.M., community and the the greater El Paso, Texas region.

What happens when you put food-conscious consumers center stage before a group of food producers? Oklahoma pork producers had the opportunity to hear straight from the source in a recent consumer panel hosted by The Center for Food Integrity and quickly realized they don’t know as much as they thought about today’s consumer when it comes to thoughts on food and how it’s produced.

Farming has never been easy, but the hard work, perseverance and unwavering grit of farmers and ranchers is what sets agriculture apart from other industries. Our industry has no shortage of challenges, yet the rise of social media, public interest in food production and animal rights activism are bringing even more to the table. This year, make your New Year’s resolution count and help our industry succeed into the future.

Welcome to 2019, a year filled with potential greatness, but also potential disappointment. Grab a chocolate from the symbolic business box, take a bite and hope for the best!