Topic: Poultry


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    Natural Flavors Hit the Label
    03/19/2010 - From colors to sweeteners, FDA disqualifies numerous ingredients from ever being perceived as natural by labeling them as artificial or synthetic in the Code of Federal Regulations. Only one ingredient definition allows for use of the descriptor natural, and that is the category of flavors. ...
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    Beef Taquito, Chicken Quesadilla Recall
    03/10/2010 - Windsor Foods, a firm with operations in Lampasas, Texas, and Oakland, Miss., is recalling approximately 1.7 million pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products that may be contaminated with Salmonella. The packages of beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products contain hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) that was recalled March 4. ...
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    The 4 Ps of Foodservice Strategies
    03/09/2010 - Speaking at the 2010 Annual Meat Conference, foodservice analyst Nancy Kruse reinforced the notion that restaurants must deliver value through innovation in order to survive tough economic times. ...
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    Pumped-up Poultry Isn’t ‘Natural’
    02/25/2010 - Consumer advocates speak out about some poultry processors’ practice of injecting chickens with salt water, or so-called “plumping up.” ...
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    FSIS Extends Food Labeling Comment Period
    02/22/2010 - The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) extended the comment period on its supplemental proposed rule "Nutrition Labeling of Single-Ingredient Products and Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products" for 30 days, until March 18. ...
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    Formulating for Foodservice
    02/19/2010 - In the foodservice segment, a product-development team has many areas to focus upon, including flavor building, nutritional management, cost and operational limitations.But with a dedicated and targeted approach to product development, the process can be efficient. ...
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    Richer Meat Flavors
    02/17/2010 - When properly cooked, the flavors in meats like prime rib and filet mignon can stand sublimely alone. But for many menu and product developers, achieving this succulent richness in everyday dishes is challenging, especially when using inexpensive cuts of meat. ...
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    Frozen Turkey Patties Recalled
    02/15/2010 - Daniel’s Western Meat Packers, a Pico Rivera, Calif., firm, is recalling approximately 16,290 pounds of frozen turkey patty products because they were inadvertently mislabeled and may contain an undeclared allergen, wheat. ...
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    USDA Announces School Lunch Food-Safety Initiatives
    02/09/2010 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced several new initiatives to assure the safety and quality of food purchased by USDA for the National School Lunch Program and other food and nutrition assistance programs. ...
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    Broiler Salmonella Positive Rates Rise
    01/28/2010 - Salmonella positive rates at broiler establishments increased to 7.1 percent second-quarter 2009, up from 5.2 percent in second-quarter 2008, according to the FSIS’s 2009 third-quarter progress report on Salmonella testing of selected raw meat and poultry products. ...
 

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