Contents Meat&Poultry’s digital edition is available at www.MeatPoultry.com VOLUME 59 NUMBER 4 April 2013 56 30 08 COMMENTARY 10 BUSINESS NOTES 16 WASHINGTON Focusing on public health 18 COVER STORY Sigma imports excellence 30 BETTER BURGERS Fortifying burgers is on trend 38 FOOD SAFETY Pathogen prevention 42 SMALL BUSINESS Granzin’s Meat Market 46 INGREDIENTS Filipino flair MEAT PROCESSING OPS & ENGINEERING 56 RASTELLI FOODS Food-safety savvy 62 SANITATION TIPS 18 4 • Meat&Poultry • April 2013 • www.MeatPoultry.com 46 Heat intervention 68 PACKAGING Tubular approach 74 LABOR Answering the whistle 76 SLAUGHTER Large pig stunning 78 NAMES IN THE NEWS 79 NEW PRODUCTS 83 CLASSIFIED ADS 89 AD INDEX 90 THE INSIDERhttp://www.MeatPoultry.com http://www.MeatPoultry.com