The National Provisioner back issues from September 2008:
Food-safety warrior hangs it up.(EDITOR'S JOURNAL)
Sep 01, 2008; ... There are famous names that immediately come to mind concerning certain food-industry matters. Upton Sinclair and meat-inspection reform go together like NASA and HACCP, for example. Then there is IBP and the development of boxed beef. Gustavus Swift is remembered for his contributions ...
Tired of scare tactics.(THE FINAL WORD)
Sep 01, 2008; ... We live in a world where it's OK to pay for television air time to communicate your message, no matter how thinly veiled and extreme, to a gullible, worrisome audience. The latest offender is The Cancer Project and its commercial exploiting children to convince America that schools are ...
Premium rotisserie meatloaf from King's Command.(New PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... King's Command Foods Inc., Kent., Wash., offers premium meatloaf for rotisserie and take-home meals. Each case comes with 10, 24-ounce loaves, merchandising sleeves, 4-ounce glaze packets, clear lids and trays. Made with ...
Remington Arms launches premium steak snacks.(New PRODUCTS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Remington Arms Co. Inc., home of America's oldest gunmaker, and Chattanooga, Tenn.-based TrailSteaks, a provider of premium jerky and smoked meats, has entered into an agreement to launch a line of ...
New Perdue pre-sliced lunch meat variety.(New PRODUCTS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Perdue[R] Sandwich Builders[R] complete line of pre-sliced meats introduces a unique flavor: Oven Stuffer[R] Golden Browned Chicken Breast. The new variety is lower in sodium and leverages ...
Cargill launches antibiotic-free pork brand.(New PRODUCTS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Cargill Meat Solutions announces Good Nature[TM] pork--the company's new, all-natural, antibiotic-free pork brand. Good Naturepork is sourced from hogs raised on family farms in the Midwest, and never administered antibiotics, growth stimulants or hormones. During processing, Cargill ...
Hormel debuts Chili Master products.(New PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Hormel Foods' newest line of chili, Hormel[R] Chili Master[TM], is made with premium ingredients for a gourmet taste. With seasoned, slow-cooked tomatoes, a variety of beans and flavorful beef and chicken, this isn't a standard chili product. Hormel Chili Master products come in a glass ...
Advance Food Co. introduces steak burger line.(New PRODUCTS)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Advance Food Co. is excited to introduce Tenderbroil Steak Burgers, a new line of fully cooked, all-beef burgers. Tenderbroil Steak Burgers have a handmade texture and appearance and are charbroiled to provide that distinctive flavor everyone enjoys. Choose from ...
Serving up value: family steakhouses play up their menus and advantages in a difficult restaurant market.(FOODSERVICE SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Family-style steakhouses are longtime staples of towns across the country. But despite how much of the foodservice landscape they take up, they don't often get the attention they deserve. Today's family steakhouse operators are working to change that. ...
The science of animal diets.(Cover story)
Sep 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The basics of economics talk about supply and demand of products and services. The basics of scientific research often talk about the purity and impartiality of the science incorporated to get theories and laws. One would not expect these "church and ...
2008 deli processing awards: as the clock ticks away on consumers' time-crunched day, these innovative deli products lie in wait for those hungry shoppers to snap them up for their convenience, portability and high-quality ingredients.
Sep 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Although there are 24 hours in a day, consumers certainly can't tell, given the hectic juggling of work, commute, home/family life and other social and business demands that are put on them. All common sense points to eating the right foods, ingredients ...
Chill out: freezing systems can maintain quality, but only with careful use.(SPECIAL REPORT: FREEZING SYSTEMS)
Sep 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Freezers are one of the most ubiquitous items in a processing plant. However, there's more to using freezing systems than just shutting an insulated door and waiting. Modern processors have a variety of freezing systems to choose from, with ...
Baby boomer clock is ticking ... are processors prepared for the future generation of employees?(EMPLOYEE MATTERS: EXPERT ANALYSIS)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Since the 1970s, when the last of the baby boomers entered the workforce, American business has had a fascination with the effects this group of 76 million people (born 1946-1964) would have on the economy as a result of its disproportion to the rest of the population. As the baby boomer ...
Ingredient savvy: interest in soy proteins on the part of the meat and poultry processors continues to gain industry momentum despite price ramifications.(RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: SOY)(Industry overview)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Soy ... it's becoming part of what's for dinner--in a sense. It may not be a standalone, center-of-the-plate item, but soy is a more common ingredient found in finished meat and poultry products. Soybean producers contribute to a variety of meat and poultry products, including ...
Study: Flies could transmit S. eteritidis.(GERM WARFARE: SALMONELLA ETERITIDIS)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Pest control is of utmost importance to meat and poultry processors, but it also must be a top priority for growers, as shown by one study on the impact of flies on chicken flocks. The study's results, published late last year, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research ...
Serving up safety: retail and foodservice companies act as a guarantor of food safety at the consumer level.(MODERN HYGIENE: RETAIL/FOODSERVICE)
Sep 01, 2008; ... There are risks to food safety throughout all aspects of the meat-production process, from the farm all the way to the dinner table. One of the most critical points is that link between the processors and consumers: retail and foodservice. The safety of meat products sold ...
Stay on track: how to avoid the 12 most costly conveyor maintenance mistakes made by processors.(PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY: EXPERT ANALYSIS)
Sep 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Even though they depend on them, many companies don't give much thought to conveyor systems--until there's a breakdown. Then, a conveyor becomes a major issue--production stops, employees are idle, shipments are late, customers are upset and the company's ...
Packaging proliferation: MAP continues to extend shelf life while improving the quality of meat and poultry products.(PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Modified atmosphere is a common technical definition that describes the practice of modifying the composition of the internal atmosphere of a package, most commonly food packages, in order to improve the shelf life. The modification process often tries to lower the amount of ...
Conveyor systems.(TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The FastBack 260E horizontal motion conveyor has been introduced by Heat and Control. FastBack moves loads up to 20,000 pounds up to 40 feet per minute. FastBack is built for extreme sanitary duty. Its one-piece stainless-steel pan and full wash-down drive ...
Belting.(TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Wire Belt is offering the CompactGrid[TM] conveyor belt. CompactGrid's 70-percent open surface area and grid pattern design a solution to replacing a balanced weave or plastic modular belts. CompactGrid can reduce batter carryout on a ...
Metal detector.(TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mettler-Toledo Safeline has introduced its new HDS (Heavy Duty Sausage) Pipeline metal detector. This system is designed for close integration with vacuum fillers and other sausage-processing equipment. The PowerPhase membrane-style menu-driven interface ...
Water stabilizer.(TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lohmann Animal Health International (LAHI) has introduced AviBlue to the U.S. poultry industry as a means of stabilizing water for the delivery of animal vaccinations. AviBlue's blue dye effervescent granules dissolve quickly without any need for mixing ....
Hand sanitation.(TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Zep is offering the C4 Cross Contamination Control Center and Door San entryway sanitizer. The product is simple to install and operate, and does not require the messy dump-and-refill process associated with foot-dip stations. It provides adjustable foam and delay cycles, with two doorway ...
Squeegee.(TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Remco's Fixed Head Squeegee has been modified to reflect improved security and hygiene. The new version features refill blades that are easier to remove and replace with the help of special finger tabs built into the cassette. The tabs also firmly lock the ...
Coatings.(TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A regulatory compliance expert at Sherwin-Williams says the company has a complete line of already-proven products on the market meeting the ...
Content management.(TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The MaintiMizer Web Edition 4.0, a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), has recently been released by Ashcom Technologies. Aside from using abbreviations, acronyms, unique terms or foreign languages, users can also add new fields to fully ...
Gums.(TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A new brochure from Cargill Texturizing Solutions discusses the benefits of xanthan gum, a biopolymer marketed under the brand name SATIAXANE[TM], which delivers temperature and acid stability, viscosity control and freeze/thaw stability. Applications for ...
Software.(TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The goal for CSB System's Job Manager is to minimize administrative time and effort by automating data exchange throughout the entire supply chain. The software can transfer the data required for the interchange automatically to the appropriate recipients. Automated reports can be printed ...
Scale.(TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Gainco's new high-performance scale design is equipped with the Gainco Infiniti[TM] programmable controller, which is specially designed for meat and poultry processing. The data scale's heavy-duty construction utilizes Gainco's DuraWeigh[TM] 20x20 platform and roller-bed. The durable ...
Cooking bags.(TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Flavorseal[R] Ovenable Roasting Bags' design features a flexible yet puncture-resistant, high-barrier film engineered with a unique formula that involves multiple layers of polymers, rather than the standard single layer. This high-barrier bag technology extends the shelf life of foods and ...
Wayne farms LLC.(PROCESSOR NEWS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... WAYNE FARMS LLC'S plants in Union Springs and Albertville, Ala. both celebrated safety milestones in July. The Albertville facility has operated for 3 million man-hours without a lost-time accident. "No lost time" means that no employee has missed work due to an injury suffered ...
Belt washer.(Technology Showcase)
Sep 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wash belts, remove allergens, and save water and labor with a Cyclone Belt Washer from Douglas Machines. Designed for a wide variety of open mesh spiral conveyors, freezer tunnels and oven belts, the portable Cyclone spray head ...
Testing services.(Technology Showcase)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Through its new "Microbial Identification Program," the Silliker Food Science Center can provide companies with accurate and reliable source tracking services utilizing two state-of-the-art technologies: gene sequencing and molecular subtyping by rep-PCR. For bacterial isolates, including ...
Bag packaging.(Technology Showcase)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Thiele's new bag top registration system optimizes the vertical position of empty bags prior to filling. A servo-driven linear actuator, utilizing information from a vision system, precisely controls bag length, optimizing filling and sealing efficiencies. The bag-top registration system ...
Food Safety Net Services.(SUPPLIER NEWS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... FOOD SAFETY NET SERVICES (FSNS), a network of food-safety experts excelling in laboratory and technical services, has recently received approval through ISACert, an international auditing and certification organization, to be a ...
PURAC.(SUPPLIER NEWS)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Effective immediately, PURAC has announced all prices of its products will increase by 15 to 25 cents per pound globally, depending on their composition and exposure to the increased costs of various auxiliary raw materials, energy and feedstock. The new sales prices will be effective ...
Maurer-Atmos.(SUPPLIER NEWS)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... MAURER-ATMOS used its 80th anniversary as an opportunity to combine business with pleasure. A dealer meeting June 5 to 6 in Reichenau, Germany, served both the purpose of training, as well as acting as a forum for the exchange of experience. A celebration on June 6 rounded off ...
Stellar has completed construction of a 130,000-square-foot meat-processing plant in Seminole, Okla. for the Mexican company Sigma Alimentos.(SUPPLIER NEWS)
Sep 01, 2008 ... STELLAR has completed construction of a 130,000-square-foot meat-processing plant in Seminole, Okla. for the Mexican company SIGMA ALIMENTOS. Stellar provided site selection, master planning, design, construction and ammonia refrigeration. To prevent cross-contamination, the facility ...