Andy Hanacek and David Edwards, NSF International, discuss the serious issue of food fraud, including how organized crime might be getting involved and how companies can combat food fraud. To read the Elliott Report which details safeguarding steps against food fraud, visit http://bit.ly/ElliottReport2014

Andy Hanacek and Kerry Doughty, president and CEO of Butterball LLC, break down the expanded corporate citizenship program and what benefits it will bring. To read about the announcement of the new program, visit Provisioner Online here.

Fred Gorrell is the Acting Assistant Deputy Ministry of the Market and Industry Services Branch at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He talks about the mutually beneficial trade between the United States and Canada, and how that relationship has been jeopardized by the country-of-origin labeling requirements

Andy Hanacek and Tom Egan, vice president, Industry Services for PMMI, dig deeper into the next-generation robotics that await meat and poultry processors, in conjunction with the article Egan penned for The National Provisioner’s September 2014 issue.

Mark McCully of Certified Angus Beef talks with Andy Hanacek about cattle supply and production and its effect on the beef marketplace during the 2014 CAB Annual Conference in Florida, Sept. 18, 2014.

Andy Hanacek, Editor-in-chief, recently sat down with Howard Bender, CEO of Schmaltz Products, to discuss the  company's newest product — Schmacon — which was the talk of the Restaurant Show floor in Chicago earlier this year. In fact, the product received a Food and Beverage Innovations award from The National Restaurant Association, and it now stands on the precipice of a national roll-out. 

Richie Jenkins, senior director of marketing for Butterball Foodservice, offers insight into the burger market and how his company's turkey burgers fit into the macro marketplace that is experiencing an "upscaling" of offerings.