OR Firm Recalls Bratwurst Product For Misbranding & Undeclared Allergen

May 25, 2012 USDA FSIS

Zenner's Quality Meat Products, Inc., a Portland, Ore. establishment, is recalling approximately 3,660 pounds of a bratwurst product because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen. The product contains soy protein, a known allergen, not declared on the label.

AMSA Announces Hot Topic Speakers

The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) is excited to announce that James Hodges, President of the American Meat Institute Foundation; Dr. Randall Phebus, Associate professor of animal sciences and industry, Kansas State University; Dr. Harshavardhan Thippareddi, Associate Professor, Food Science and technology Department, the University of Nebraska and Dr. Joe Regenstein, Professor, Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), Cornell University will be the speakers at the AMSA Reciprocal Meat Conference (RMC) Hot Topics Session on Wednesday, June 20. Hot Topics is sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health.

Cheese Of The Week: Traders Point Creamery

At Traders Point Creamery and The Loft Restaurant in Zionsville, just outside Indianapolis, the motto is "nourishing the land that nourishes us all." The cows wait eagerly to be led into the milking parlor, where they are milked with sanitary milking machines in modern stainless stalls. The milk goes immediately into the next room to be processed into fresh and chocolate milk, yogurts, fromage blanc and fresh cottage cheese, ice cream, and a number of aged cheeses.

Personalize Your Dairy-Deli-Bake 2012 Experience With myIDDBA Show Planner

The International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association™ (IDDBA) has released myIDDBA Show Planner, a valuable new tool designed to enhance the Dairy-Deli-Bake experience. myIDDBA Show Planner provides a social networking platform for show attendees. You can connect with other attendees, view programming, create your own schedule, and much more.

Freshness Reshapes America's Food Culture Paradigm

May 25, 2012 Packaged Facts

In this issue of the serial Culinary Trend Mapping Report, the following freshness trends in food and foodservice are situated along CCD Innovation's proprietary five-stage Trend Mapping®. Stage 1 signifies that a trend is just gaining traction among creative chefs and adventurous diners, while Stage 5 indicates complete absorption into the mainstream and presence on quick service menus and grocery store shelves.