CONTENTS 60 Meatballs show off the creative and flavorful side of groundand-formed meats. Pawel Spychala - Fotolia / Adobe Stock Cover: Scientific Protein Laboratories' Specialty Products Operations staff work in the Heparin Purification Suite. Photo courtesy of SPL 08 COMMENTARY 46 SMALL BUSINESS 10 BUSINESS NOTES 14 WASHINGTON 50 INGREDIENT ISSUES Looking back and ahead Trump presidency a mixed bag 16 COVER STORY Animal-derived medicines: From farm to pharma 26 COMPANY PROFILE Verde Farms shows off its value and vision Formulating safer foods 60 CULINARY TRENDS Meatball mania 68 PLANT OPERATIONS Exceptional efficiency 74 EDUCATION Hire and higher 82 CATEGORY REPORT 34 PACKAGING SOLUTIONS Frying has future 40 FOOD SAFETY Social media mishaps Easy does it Keeping it clean 4 Prepping for change MEAT+ POULTRY | 01.17 | www.meatpoultry.com 93 L A BOR 94 PRODUCT SHOWCASE 96 INDUSTRY CALENDAR 98 NAMES IN THE NEWS 100 CLASSIFIEDS 105 ADVERTISERS 106 THE INSIDERhttp://www.meatpoultry.com