Contents Meat&Poultry's digital edition is available at www.MeatPoultry.com July 2014 36 VOLUME 60 NUMBER 7 ON THE COVER: Photography by Pete Barreras 40 68 08 COMMENTARY 52 FOOD SAFETY 10 BUSINESS NOTES 14 WASHINGTON 58 FOOD TECHNOLOGY Leading by example Interstate shipping update 16 COVER STORY The 2014 Operations Executive of the Year 30 BURGER PROCESSING Cluck 'n Moo innovates 36 INGREDIENT ISSUES Blocking pathogens 40 SAUSAGE PROCESSING Sausage and beer fusion 46 SMALL BUSINESS Delta Meat & Sausage Co. 16 4 * Meat&Poultry * Dan Milovanovic, senior v.p. of North America operations, OSI Group LLC, is M&P's Operations Executive of the Year July 2014 * www.MeatPoultry.com FSIS, CDC partnership Preserving with vinegar 62 PACKAGING SOLUTIONS Sealing the deal 68 TOOLS OF THE TRADE Detecting foreign contaminants 78 LABOR 79 PRODUCT SHOWCASE 82 NAMES IN THE NEWS 84 CLASSIFIED ADS 89 AD INDEX 90 THE INSIDERhttp://www.MeatPoultry.com http://www.MeatPoultry.com