Jeff Tripician, president, Perdue Premium Meat Co., discussed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company, its brands, its partners and its employees over the last few weeks.
Anya Fernald, co-founder and CEO of Belcampo, shares her company’s experience thus far as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Belcampo’s premium products have experienced a surge in popularity similar to the overall meat retail marketplace, showing consumers are still spending on higher-end products to prepare in their own homes.
Rich Atkinson, We R Food Safety, advises processors on how to protect themselves from COVID-19 when it comes to the FSIS inspector population. Atkinson relays guidance for making sure sick inspectors don’t enter the facility, but also what may happen if the pandemic spreads and causes a shortage of inspectors in the workforce.
Andy Hanacek sits down with Brock Furlong, president & CEO of Stampede Meat, to discuss the company’s “Chef Inside Cares” program, designed to give consumers the opportunity to purchase and pick up meat and poultry products directly from the company’s Bridgeview, Ill., facility during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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