Meat&Poultry - March 2011 - 122
The Insider Move that bus! Cargill’s Wichita, Kan.-based meat business joined other area companies in contributing to the success of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition home build benefitting former Wichita State Univ. All-America baseball player Carl Hall, who was paralyzed from the neck down after a 2010 car accident. The show selected Hall and his family – wife Stacey and four children – to receive an all-new home that is wheelchair accessible throughout. Cargill donated a variety of Sterling Silver Premium Meats beef and pork cuts to stock the freezer in the Hall family’s new home. To help the Hall family with preparing their selection of meats and further enjoy their new home, Cargill also donated a grill. VIPs dined on Sterling Silver ribeye steaks, pork chops, beef brisket and pork loin. Cargill, in cooperation with local Sterling Silver Premium Meats grocery retail partner, Dillons Food Stores, provided the meats and worked with a local caterer to prepare and serve products. ■ Over Herd “This rule, while obscure, could effectively dismantle the business models used by livestock producers, meat packers and poultry processors – setting the industry back decades in its customerdriven evolution toward value-added products.” — J. Patrick Boyle, American Meat Institute president and CEO, on a proposed rule by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). Living art Washing hands properly is “a must” for those who work daily in US meat and poultry plants. Here’s a unique story to keep this important topic top of mind. Thanks to a gift from Georgia-Pacific Professional, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plan to highlight the health benefits of proper hand washing through a multi-media art exhibition called Watching Hands: Artists Respond to Keeping Well. The exhibition is scheduled to open in September, 2011 at the Global Health Odyssey Museum on the campus of CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta. “CDC’s Global Health Odyssey Museum offers unique opportunities to share CDC’s work and health messages with the Atlanta community and the thousands of individuals who visit CDC from all over the world,” said Charles Stokes, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation. ■ (Photo courtesy of CDC) Prime Ribbing Cartoon by Bob Bliss Royal innovation Forget about Lady Gaga’s meat dress – that’s so yesterday – we recently learned through a story in OK! Magazine that Crown Carveries has made a portrait of Kate Middleton and Prince William (the Royal Wedding couple) out of turkey, gammon, beef, carrots, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes and gravy. Word has it that it took the company four hours to put the couple’s “fork-trait” together. ■ 122 • Meat&Poultry • March 2011 • www.MeatPoultry.com
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