Meat and poultry processors have to do all they can to protect their products and their end consumers from the damages resulting from costly product recalls. However, the responsibility of keeping food safe shouldn’t fall on the shoulders of just one segment of the food chain – all segments can and should be involved in the process. With the appropriate prevention and elimination techniques, foodborne pathogens and foreign material contamination can be dealt with before any food leaves the facility.

As the labor shortage continues in the meat and poultry processing industry, large and small processors need to come up with viable solutions to keep their operations running now and in the future. Full-line packaging machines and their ancillary add-ons can help provide the necessary tools to bring a small level of additional automation to any operation – which can have a large impact.