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december 2023 / VOLUME 236 / ISSUE 12

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2024 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK REPORT – Inflation’s impact remains very real for consumers and processors alike.

COVER STORY

Departments

Workwear, Chef

Steven Brake (left), S&N Enterprises, LLC, and Mike Levengood, Perdue Farms

Ad IndeX
Classifieds

Editor’s Note

Website Highlights

FEATURED CONTENT

FIGHT FOR FOOD SAFETY
Whole Genome Sequencing emerges as a powerful tool for health departments and regulators to identify and solve foodborne illness outbreaks.

PROCESSOR PROFILE: ROGER WOOD FOODS
Lumber Jack smoked sausage and its eye-catching retail cartons help drive northward expansion for this Savannah, Ga.-based processor.

SPECIAL REPORT: DISTRIBUTION STRATEGIES
Optimizing efficiencies during loading for transport intersect with cold storage considerations.

CONVENTION PREVIEW: IPPE
IPPE’s show floor expands to include four halls, and 2024's event will offer more than 80 hours of learning sessions from industry experts.

COMMENTARY: AMSA
American Meat Science Association offers technical assistance to meat processors.

Water, Azure, Organism, World, Rectangle, Font, Line

Font, Text

Public space, Building, Selling

PROCESSOR PROFILE: GREENRIDGE NATURALS

Clean-label company caters to consumer trends with trending flavors and snack-size meat sticks.

CATEGORY
REPORT: PORK

Market research suggests an upward trajectory
for U.S. pork production and exports.

Domestic pig, Eye, Pink, Fawn

Art, Font

COMMENTARY: SOUTHWEST MEAT ASSOCIATION

Extended Producer Responsibility regulatory oversight at the state level burdens the packaging industry.

Graphics, Oval, Carmine, Font

Signature sausage supports sales

Roger Wood Foods’ Lumber Jack smoked sausage and its eye-catching retail cartons fuel northward expansion for the Savannah, Ga.-based processor. ‘The consumer — is our boss, and that's who we want to serve,’ says David Solana, president, CEO and owner of Roger Wood Foods.

CHECK OUT OUR AWARD-WINNING ONLINE VIDEOS

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ONLINE TOC

Staple food, Tableware, Recipe

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