Equipment durability is an important consideration in food production, and within the harsh environments of many food processing operations, having sharp and durable blades results in better productivity and profitability.
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USDA Finalizes Ruling For Labeling Of Mechanically Tenderized Beef
In response to growing concerns over bacterial contamination, mechanically tenderized meat products must now be labeled as such and must include proper cooking instructions.
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Tyson Foods Will Eliminate Human Antibiotic Use In Chickens
The number one poultry producer in the U.S. intends to eliminate the use of human antibiotics in chicken flocks by September of next year.
FEATURED MEAT & POULTRY CONTENT
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Schreiber Foods Cuts Chemical Costs With BlueInGreen's CDOX Solution
At Schreiber Foods' wastewater treatment plant in Utah, mineral acids had been used for pH control in the past but were discontinued due to safety and handling issues. Facility owners desired a safer, more cost-effective solution that would provide automatic control over process pH levels.
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Del Monte Foods Saves Millions With BlueInGreen's SDOX Solution
Plant managers at Del Monte Foods in Siloam Springs, Ark. utilized a 14 million gallon facultative lagoon to provide treatment before applying the effluent on 500 acres of land nearby. However, the facultative lagoon was unable to meet the municipal pretreatment permit requirements, resulting in surcharges of $450,000 per month. Read the full case study to learn more.
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SDOX Technology Mitigates Sulfide Production By Promoting Aerobic Environment
The Plant’s wastewater treatment facility uses four, covered anaerobic lagoons to manage BOD, pretreating wastewater prior to sending the effluent to a pumping station which directs the wastewater into the municipal collection system for final treatment at the City’s wastewater treatment plant. Read more to learn how the company used hydrogen peroxide and a catalyst to maintain an aerobic environment but was unable to adequately mitigate the odor from the facility’s wastewater.
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Side-Stream SDOX® Systems Enhance Biological Function And Treatment Capacity
Wastewater from the meat processing facility is treated using a sequence batch reactor and an aerobic lagoon that discharges to surface waters following treatment. The facility replaced surface aeration equipment with two, 350-HP the “no-splash,” side-stream SDOX systems retrofitted to the treatment basin. Read the full case study to learn the results.
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Jefferson Parish Prevents Odor And Corrosion Issues With BlueInGreen's SDOX-CS Solution
Officials at the Jefferson Parish Sewerage Department approached the team at Digital Engineering to find a long-term solution for the odor and corrosion issues throughout the East Bank Wastewater Treatment Plant.
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MEAT & POULTRY NEWS
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McDonald's USA, Syngenta And Lopez Foods Collaborate To Help Produce Beef More Sustainably In The US11/14/2024
McDonald’s USA, one of the largest fast food restaurant chains, Lopez Foods, a multi-protein producer and long-term supplier to McDonald’s, and Syngenta North America, a leader in agricultural technology, today announced a collaboration that aims to increase feed efficiency and help reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions released per pound of meat produced, as part of efforts to improve the sustainability of beef production.
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New Strategies Needed To Combat Immune System-Damaging Poultry Virus Detected On UK Farms11/11/2024
Researchers working to understand the prevalence of a virus that can severely damage the immune system of chickens have said that new strategies are needed to improve the control of the disease in the UK.
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New Accessories Add Versatility To Hobart Food Processors11/7/2024
Hobart, the premium commercial food equipment manufacturer known for designing and building some of the most reliable, must-have equipment, has introduced new accessories for several of its food processors. Each has been designed to add versatility to these already efficient machines.
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Researchers Develop A Multispecies Bacterial Vaccine For Protection Against BCO Lameness For Broilers11/7/2024
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project by researchers from the University of Arkansas that worked to develop a multispecies bacterial vaccine for the protection against bacterial chondronecrosis with osteomyelitis (BCO) lameness for broilers.
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How To Get Pigs, Chickens, And Fish To Eat Grass11/7/2024
Currently, grass is mainly used directly as animal feed for cows and other ruminants. These animals have multi-compartmental stomachs that are specialized in breaking down plant fibres.
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SuperMeat Achieves Breakthrough In Cost Parity For Cultivated Chicken Production11/7/2024
SuperMeat, the only company to produce chicken meat composed of muscle and fat directly from animal cells, has announced groundbreaking innovations to make cultivated chicken affordable.
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Noble Research Institute And Certified Angus Beef Release Land Stewardship, Aimed At Promoting Healthy Lands And Better Beef11/1/2024
As part of a recently formed partnership between Noble Research Institute, a trusted resource for farmers and ranchers since 1945, and Certified Angus Beef, a brand known for its commitment to quality beef, the organizations have announced the launch of Land Stewardship, a free, fully online educational program offering livestock producers tools for improving land health and productivity through grazing management.
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Alveo Technologies Begins Shipping The First Point-Of-Need™ Molecular Test For Avian Influenza In Poultry To The EU10/31/2024
Alveo Technologies, Inc. (Alveo), a leader in decentralized molecular diagnostics with its proprietary IntelliSense™ platform, today announced the launch of its first animal health diagnostic product, the Alveo Sense Avian Influenza Test.
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Backing Up Evisceration10/29/2024
On leaving the evisceration department, products should be clean to guarantee the longest possible shelf life, attractively presented and with no broken bones.
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Minerva Foods Completes Transaction To Acquire Marfrig Slaughter And Deboning Plants In Brazil, Chile And Argentina10/28/2024
Minerva Foods (Minerva S.A. – B3: BEEF3 | OTC – Nasdaq International: MRVSY), a leading exporter of fresh beef and its derivatives in South America, after receiving approval from Brazil's antitrust authority (CADE), completed the acquisition of Marfrig assets in Brazil today.
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Co-Culture System For Sustainable Cultured Meat Production10/28/2024
Cultured meat is grown from animal muscle cells, and animal serum is required to promote the growth of these cells.
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dsm-firmenich And Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) Philippines Partner To Measure & Improve The Environmental Sustainability Of Animal Farming10/10/2024
The two organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to implement dsm-firmenich’s Sustell platform, the leading life cycle assessment (LCA) platform for animal protein to measure and improve the environmental footprint of animal proteins.
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Culturing Pork Fat Tissue On Rye Protein Scaffolds10/3/2024
Food scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a simple and scalable method for culturing pork fat tissue using protein scaffolds made from secalin, a protein extracted from rye.