Meat & Poultry

The Beef Checkoff’s Down-Home Beef Tests

January 6, 2011 The Beef Checkoff

The checkoff recently tested five new beef products in homes representing more than 65 families. Results from in-home tests are extremely valuable for new product developers because they produce more realistic outcomes on product satisfaction and usage than research conducted in an artificial test environment. …

Vineland, NJ Poultry Plant Halts Production

January 6, 2011 Joseph P. Smith, The Daily Journal

The Vineland Kosher Poultry plant on South Mill Road shut down production Dec. 30, according to a union official representing about 160 workers there. …

Beef Producer JBS Cancels IPO Of Its U.S. Unit

January 6, 2011 Staff Reporter, The Denver Post

JBS, the world’s largest beef producer, canceled the initial public offering of its U.S. unit after postponing the offering twice. …

AMIF To Host Safe Ground Beef Production Workshop February 2-3 In Kansas City

January 5, 2011 American Meat Institute

Safe ground beef production will be the focus of a new American Meat Institute Foundation (AMIF) Ground Beef Production for Safety Workshop, February 2-3, 2011, at the Marriott Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri. …

NAMP Announces March E. Coli Mini-Conference & Meat Industry Management Conference

January 5, 2011 North American Meat Processors Association

NAMP announced this years Meat Industry Management Conference, March 18 20, 2011, at The Drake Hotel in Chicago, IL preceded by a Mini-Conference on E. coli, validation and emerging issues for beef processors on the afternoon of March 17. …