Contents Meat&Poultry's digital edition is available at www.MeatPoultry.com December 2013 24 VOLUME 59 NUMBER 12 44 58 08 COMMENTARY Meat processing ops & engineering 10 BUSINESS NOTES 14 COVER STORY 50 MAplE lEAf fARMS Earning the gold watch BSE: 10 years later 24 CEO SERIES Cargill Beef's John Keating 30 RETAIl REpORT Tyson pursues alternative retail channels 34 EXpO pREVIEw IPPE awaits in Atlanta 38 fOOd SAfETY Mirroring USDA inspection 44 INGREdIENT ISSUES Frugal sodium reduction 14 4 * Meat&Poultry * December 2013 * www.MeatPoultry.com The real duck dynasty 58 SMAll BUSINESS The Flying Meatballs 64 SANITATION TIpS Facing danger in the line of duty 70 pACKAGING SOlUTIONS Innovation drives chicken consumption 76 fROM THE CORRAl Overcoming the disconnect 78 pROdUCT SHOwCASE 82 NAMES IN THE NEwS 84 ClASSIfIEd AdS 89 Ad INdEX 90 THE INSIdERhttp://www.MeatPoultry.com http://www.MeatPoultry.com