The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a final rule to modernize swine slaughter inspection and bring it into the 21st century. For the first time in more than five decades, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is modernizing inspection at market hog slaughter establishments with a goal of protecting public health while allowing for food safety innovations.
• After its highly anticipated retail debut, Impossible Burger remains the No. 1 item sold at grocery stores on the East and West coasts
• Award-winning, plant-based meat from Impossible Foods outsold all ground beef from cows; Impossible Burger outsold the next most popular single product by more than 6X in Southern California
• Impossible Burger will debut in additional retail outlets as the food tech startup increases production and beefs up its sales team — starting with tech industry veteran Dan Greene, who joins today as new SVP of US Sales
GELITA, the world’s leading manufacturer of gelatine and collagen peptides will be hosting its biannual Food and Health & Nutrition Symposium in Heidelberg, Germany, on 23–24 October.
Marfrig Global Foods, a leading global beef producer and the world’s largest beef patty producer, announces today an agreement with U.S.-based Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient suppliers, for the production and sale of vegetable protein-based products in Brazil.
A press release published on the Foodservice Consultants Society International (7/25) website announces that Welbilt “once again brings innovation to the table with the launch of the Frymaster FQ4000 easyTouch® – the third brand within the Welbilt portfolio to use patented easyTouch® technology.”
Innovation centres of two leading Swiss companies
Givaudan and Bühler partner to fast-track market access and innovation for start-ups
Scientists at The Pirbright Institute have identified African swine fever virus (ASFV) proteins that can trigger an immune response in pigs which the team hopes to develop as a vaccine capable of protecting against the deadly disease.
Only soybeans, peas and carrots – and some beetroot for the pink colouring – have perished to make this mince, because this pop-up shop in east London is a meat-free butcher. The store – kitted out like a traditional butcher with strings of (veggie) sausages hanging in the window – is a three day-long initiative by the supermarket giant Sainsbury’s to show vegan food has moved on from worthy plates of lentils and brown rice.
A fast-response service from tray sealing specialist Proseal that enabled leading ready meal manufacturer Rowan Foods Ltd to maintain production has cemented the working relationship between the two companies and made Proseal the supplier of choice for tray sealing solutions.
Don’t forget to mark your 2019 calendars for the official start of summer, the 27th Annual Giant BBQ Battle, coming to Washington, D.C. on June 22nd and 23rd. Tens of thousands of BBQ enthusiasts will fill historic Pennsylvania Ave. to enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes of summer.
