CONTENTS 30 Wayne Farms and Salm Partners form a joint venture to produce 50 million lbs. of chicken sausage to foodservice operators. Scott Forsythe (left) and John Flood at the Wayne Farms Further Processing plant in Decatur, Ala. Cover: Wayne Farms' Executive Chef, Frank Jock (right) and Director of R&D, Dow Harris, crank out a gourmet chicken sausage in the company's test kitchen. (Photography by Margaret Dukeman Designs) 08 COMMENTARY 64 PACKAGING SOLUTIONS 10 BUSINESS NOTES 14 WASHINGTON 76 INGREDIENT ISSUES 16 Butterball's Kerry Doughty Sixty years better USDA makes plans for 2015 DECADE SNAPSHOT Rosemary Mucklow recalls the meat industry in the 60s 30 COVER STORY Wayne Farms dazzles diners 42 MARKET OUTLOOK 2015 Meat prices on the rise 50 FOOD SAFETY Battling Salmonella 58 SMALL BUSINESS Third-party audits pay off 4 MEAT+ POULTRY | 01.15 | www.meatpoultry.com Vacuum-skin packaging Functional phosphates 82 CEO SERIES 91 SANITATION TIPS Lockout/tagout 94 L A BOR 96 PRODUCT SHOWCASE 98 NAMES IN THE NEWS 99 CLASSIFIED ADS 105 AD INDEX 106 THE INSIDERhttp://http:// http://www.meatpoultry.com