International Meat Topi cs Volume 7 Number 3 (2016) Meeting meat’s technical needs CONTAMINATION Control of foreign bodies within the meat supply chain SAUSAGE PRODUCTS Effective and reliable vacuum supply GOOD VIBRATIONS Tuning into food metal detection frequencies PROCESSING SYSTEMS We look at options from around the world MEAT ANALYSIS French success story ensures consistent quality LUBRICATION Preventing pneumatic component failure PUBLISHED BY Positive Action Publications Ltd chewing the fat PUBLISHER & E DITOR Nigel Horrox: [email protected] he O’Neill Report on Tackling we all know, ‘the proof of the Drug Resistant Infections pudding is in the eating’. MARKETING TEAM TGlobally, that primarily looks Some parts will slip easily down Claire Fussey: [email protected] Colin Foster: [email protected] at drug resistance in the human and the gullet, whereas one part – the Tim Brown: [email protected] veterinary arenas, has just been proportion of blame placed at the Alison Burdass: [email protected] published and, although it makes a door of agriculture and the call to lot of sense, many in our industry minimise antibiotic usage in PRODUCTION will feel he has favoured the human livestock – may not be so easy to Sarah Dove: [email protected] use of antibiotics over their use in digest! the veterinary field. This is an area in which some DESIGN & D IGITAL The Report champions the need countries have already made great Matthew Baker: [email protected] for a global public awareness advances. 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International Meat Topics • Volume 7 Number 3 3 The targeted technical publication for progressive meat professionals world focus seeking the latest information from around the world An executive summary of key international issues SUBSCRIPTIONS International Meat Topics is published 6 Canada times a year and your subscription Do not doubt the vegan influence! includes a free digital edition In Canada so-called ‘extreme vegans’ are promoting the case that not eating animals is a Subscription rate morally superior lifestyle. One restaurant with a vegan-or-nothing attitude is not putting off 1 year – £UK60 diners but is, in fact, attracting them! "I want someone who isn't vegan to say, 'That's a good 2 years – £UK90 burger,' not 'That's a good vegan burger," the chef says. The owner is quite evangelical about veganism and is unapologetically vegan. 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The poultry sector has led the way in the UK with real progress seen since the formation of the BPC Chicken Antibiotic Stewardship Scheme in 2011. The PO Box 4, Driffield, British poultry meat sector is currently the only sector that collects and shares its antibiotic East Yorkshire YO25 9DJ, usage with the UK’s Veterinary Medicines Directorate. England. Tel: +44 1377 241724 Fax: +44 1377 253640 OUR FULL RANGE OF TITLES Britain We have six titles covering the No defence for beefing up lamb burgers! pig, poultry, hatchery, dairy, food hygiene & meat processing sectors A Manchester based halal butchers has been hit with a bill for more than £18,000 (£15,000 Contact us for more information fine and £3,300 costs) after being caught marketing ‘lamb’ mince laced with cheap beef. They [email protected] were found guilty of food fraud after being investigated by local environmental health officers. They were prosecuted after tests showed that the ‘lamb’ mince was being bulked up with cheap cuts of beef before being sold on. Samples were taken in April and a follow up sample in May. This last sample was shown to contain 50% beef. Magistrates found the butchers guilty of two offences of selling food not of the nature demanded by the purchaser and commented that ‘practices like this are unacceptable and cannot be tolerated’. International Meat Topics • Volume 7 Number 3 5 Control of foreign bodies and contamination within the meat supply chain hroughout the meat supply chain there exist contamination risks and, as Conventional Dual energy Tthese supply chains become longer and more complex, technology is playing a vital role in minimising the real and potentially costly threat of contaminated product reaching the end consumer. It also enables full transparency to determine liability in the event of a complaint or incident. False detection Better bone detection by Adrian Sunter, Technical Director, Ishida Europe. Chicken example: conventional vs dual energy. ishida.com supermarket chain in the UK last year and into millions, especially when you factor in This article examines the role that X-ray small balls of plastic resulted in a recall of labour, production, logistics and disposal plays in helping to eliminate physical con- 4,500lb of chicken nuggets in the US in costs. They also impact on reputation not tamination risks, product recalls and the March. A failed bearing prompted a recall just for the supplier but, in the case of own- potential for brand damage and business loss. of more than 75,000lb of fresh beef label brands, the retailer, resulting in products because of the risk of it being potential loss of custom and damage to contaminated by metal, while wire found in brand reputation. A perennial problem a sukijaki beef product prompted the recall Physical hazards in finished products can of more than 48,000 ready-to-eat frozen arise from several sources, such as ‘Foreign body’ is a term that applies to beef and pork products. Glass fragments contaminated raw materials, poorly anything physical, chemical or biological resulted in a recall of more than 200,000lb designed or maintained facilities and that is found in food and renders it unfit for of chicken pizzas and lasagnes in the US in equipment, faulty procedures during human consumption. Physical March. These are just a few examples, but processing and improper employee training contamination generally refers to any they often involve high volumes of product. and practices. Food hygiene legislation contamination that is not microbial and Indeed, the Food Safety Inspection emphasises every food business operator’s includes a diverse range of items from Service has requested millions of dollars responsibility to produce food safely by metal, plastics, and glass through to hair, from Congress to improve its meat applying good hygienic practices and food insect parts, bones, paper and paint.