The Meat Industry Hall of Fame is proud to announce seven new members after a record number on nominees were on this year’s ballot, and a record number of votes cast. “This year’s Class of 2015 is a stellar group that includes some of the most successful business leaders in the meat and poultry industries,” said Dan Murphy, Meat Industry … Read More
Monitor Meat Temp Remotely with MadgeTech Cloud
Now, with MadgeTech Cloud Services, remote temperature monitoring from the palm of your hand just became an around the clock reality, providing instant access to critical data, on demand, from wherever you are. Even if you have facilities across the country. All data is wrangled and displayed neatly in one convenient, easy to navigate view. MadgeTech Cloud Services enhances wireless … Read More
AMSA Workshop on Validation & Verification
The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) will be co-hosting the Validation & Verification Procedures & Guidelines workshop for meat processors with the Consortium of Food Process Validation Experts (CFPVE). This workshop will take place prior to the AMSA 68th Reciprocal Meat Conference in Lincoln, NE on Saturday, June 13th. Validation is a fundamental component of the HACCP system. Processors are … Read More
Cargill Tests Tesla Battery App
Last Friday Tesla made a big battery storage and product announcement that is changing the landscape of renewable energy storage. The technology is already being tested by the beef industry. Cargill and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) will be installing the technology and Cargill’s Fresno, California beef processing facility. According to Tesla, the technology will reduce energy costs by storing … Read More
USMEF Co-hosts IMS Economics Workshop in Tokyo
In this week’s U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) audio report, we learn more about how USMEF is preparing to co-host the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) Economics Workshop May 11-13 in Tokyo. Joel Haggard, USMEF senior vice president for the Asia-Pacific, is one of the workshop’s featured speakers and provides insights into the event, which is held every two years. He … Read More
Vietnam Lifts Restrictions on U.S. Beef
In this week’s USMEF audio report, technical services manager, Dr. Travis Arp discusses Vietnam’s recent removal of BSE-relatred restrictions on imports of U.S. beef. They now are accepting a full range of cuts from U.S. cattle of all ages. Dr. Arp explains, that Vietnam reopened to boneless U.S. beef cuts in 2005 and added bone-in cuts in 2006. But in … Read More
USMEF Says February Meat Exports Lower
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has released stats on exports from February 2015. Numbers show exports are lower year-over-year, but there are signs of improvement. The complete release can be found here. While still impacted by severe congestion in the West Coast ports, February exports of U.S. beef, pork and lamb bounced back to some degree from the totals … Read More
Lawmakers Urge Science for Dietary Guidelines
Members of the U.S. House this week called for the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture to ensure the final Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) are based on sound nutritional science and adhere to the DGA charter authorized by Congress. Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04) and 70 House colleagues sent the letter to Agriculture Secretary … Read More
NAMI's Ultimate Guide to Bacon Video
The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) has developed a new Ultimate Guide to Bacon, featuring a video tour of a bacon processing plant and companion brochure with bacon facts, history and more. The video is the newest installment in NAMI’s Glass Walls series, taking viewers inside a typical bacon processing plant. It shows the how bacon is made from harvesting … Read More
Haggard's Outlook for U.S. Pork in Key Asian Markets
This week Joel Haggard, U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) senior vice president for the Asia Pacific, provides us with some insight into our Asian markets. As the first quarter of 2015 draws to a close, Joel Haggard offers his insights on the factors shaping demand for U.S. pork in key Asian markets. Haggard notes that the U.S. dollar remains at … Read More