Science Is Golden Two years after the Jack in the Box-E. coli incident, USDA unveils its sweeping inspection proposal. While industry believes it is a step in the right direction,

by Gary Jay Kushner FSIS published its long-awaited proposed "mega-reg" in the Feb. 3 Federal Register. Although the proposal has few surprises, debate about the

Turning Tragedy Into Triumph Only five months after a destructive fire, a state-of-the-art wiener processing plant emerges from the ruins at Clougherty Packing Co.

by Bryan Salvage, editor Clougherty Packing Co. is a privately held, family trust owned by the second generation (three brothers and one sister) of the Clougherty

Shapes of Things to Come Processors seek formed products that resemble the real thing by Larry Aylward, managing editor Like an

Fair Game for All One of the meat industry's most important expositions -the International Trade Fair for the Meat Industry-takes place in May in Germany

Potential Escalates for New Generation of Deboning Procedures in Red Meat The big news in mechanical beef deboning is the potential for new automated equipment.

Color problems of restructured meat products, especially beef products, are a major problem for manufacturers. Undesirable colors cause reduced acceptability, especially of restruc

Challenges Remain Conventional systems in rendering have changed little in 30 years. But packers and suppliers must still pay attention to detail

Casing in Point Polyamide casings benefit Fischer Packing Co. in more ways than one In 1990, Joel Coble of Fischer Packing Co. made a key discove