Traces of Success at Himmerlandskød
Danish meat processing company, Himmerlandskød (Himmerland Meat), is enjoying notable success, with positive media coverage and praise from the Danish Minister of Food. The employees are happy, and sales are high. All this results from a mix of visionary...

New Automation Solutions for Greater Efficiency
Traceability along the entire meat-processing chain is of vital importance in terms of quality management.

Soy Made to Chew Like Chicken
It's well known that cholesterol-friendly, soybean-based food is good for our hearts. But few meat substitutes made from soy are raved about on the Food Network.

"Seeing" Poultry Carcase Contamination
A team of USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists have made two improvements to a hyperspectral imaging system used to scan the surface of poultry carcases for contaminants.

Relaying Information to Food Processing Technicians
Alerting technicians in a food processing plant about a substandard item on the processing line could be much easier in the future with a laser projection system developed by researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), writes Abby Vogel...

Vision Systems for Food Processing Operations
Vision systems are becoming commonplace in many manufacturing operations for tasks such as quality assessment and process control, writes Olin Usher in Georgia Tech Research Institute newletter Poultry Tech.

Accurate Derinding of Pork Loins with Robot
The majority of pork loins produced in Denmark is defatted for the export market.

Effects of Aging and Antioxidants on Irradiated Ground Beef
A study by graduate assistants, Hesham Ismail and KyungYuk Ko, Eun Joo Lee, an assistant scientist and Dong Ahn, professor, Department of Animal Science at Iowa State University found that antioxidant treatments were effective in reducing aldehydes in...

Washdown-Ready Robot Undergoes In-Plant Tests
A washdown-ready robot for packing fresh meat into trays, developed by Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) engineers, recently underwent 10 months of in-plant testing at Cargill Meat Solutions in Newnan, Georgia.

Effect of Antioxidants on Irradiated Ground Beef
A report by researchers at Iowa State University found that mixing antioxidants with ground beef was better than using a spraying method in preventing lipid oxidation and maintaining the colour of the irradiated meat. The researchers, Hesham Ismail, graduate...

Intelligent Automated Transfer of Live Birds to Shackle Line
Research sponsored by the US Poultry & Egg Association over the period between November 2006 and MAy this year looked into methods of 'Intelligent Automated Transfer of Live Birds to Shackle Line'.

Key Cutting Control Techniques for Intelligent Deboning System
Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) recently completed preliminary modeling and testing of key cutting control techniques for their Intelligent Deboning System, which they believe will allow automated deboning systems to match if...

Meat and Meat Products in a Balanced Diet
The primary target of a balanced diet: maintain a healthy weight as weight is a determining factor in the development of chronic diseases such as Cardio Vascular Diseases-Type 2 Diabetes, Cancers, according to a report prepared by Prof. Karl-Otto Honikel...

Robotics - the Future of the Food Processing Industry
Robotics in the meat processing industry are becoming not only common, but in many areas of production an essential tool, writes TheMeatSite senior editor, Chris Harris.

New Technologies for New Poultry Meat Products
As the poultry industry looks for ways to drive chicken consumption and improve profitability, scientists at the University of Alberta, Canada, are experimenting with new technologies that may help on both fronts.