Today’s discussion focuses on the retail side of the industry. Meatspad hosts Drs. Francisco Najar and Phil Bass talk with Jesús “Chuy” Velazco of H-E-B Mexico. They discuss the ins and outs of running a successful retail operation and Dr. Velazco’s experience in the meat industry in the United States and in Mexico.

Past MeatsPad guests, Dr. Dustin Mohrhauser of Smithfield Foods and Dr. Travis Arp of the United States Meat Export Federation return to discuss the pork export market. 

Provisioneronline.com multimedia editor Chris Smith talks with Tyler Parlier, regional safety manager for Case Farms, about how the company stresses employee safety through its network of facilities.

Fresh off his appearance as a keynote speaker at the Reciprocal Meat Conference, author and futurist Jack Bobo talks with Drs. Francisco Najar and Phil Bass about consumer perceptions of agriculture, food waste, and more.

Dr. Phil Bass, co-host of MeatsPad, was invited to appear as a guest on The Millennial Ag Podcast, hosted by Katharine Lotspeich and Valene Lickley. They discuss the topics of dry-aging and some of the latest research taking place in the University of Idaho.

Dr. Jeremy Adler of Ecolab has a focus on food safety. He talks with Dr. Francisco Najar and Phil Bass about sanitation programs in meat plants – what has and has not changed in terms of chemicals, cleaning materials, and best sanitation practices.

Andy Hanacek implores the industry to make sure it's fighting the meat and poultry plant mask mandate for the right reasons, lest consumers and an already short labor pool take the strategy the wrong way in the world of public perception.