CONTENTS 78 Consumers continue to demand more clean-label deli products. Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board Cover: C. Larry Pope retired as president and CEO of Smithfield Foods in December after threeand-a-half decades with the company. 08 COMMENTARY 78 INGREDIENT ISSUES 11 BUSINESS NOTES 16 WASHINGTON 88 INDUSTRY LEADER 18 COVER STORY 'The Stolzfus Way' A graceful exit Prioritizing safer poultry Smithfield's C. Larry Pope reflects on his career Cleaning up deli labels Jon Rocke: Innovative icon 94 SMALL BUSINESS 100 SHOW PRE V IE W Innovation at SIAL China 28 TOP 100 105 SANITATION TIPS 56 FOOD SAFETY 110 FROM THE CORRAL Ranking the top processors Rapid testing results are in Sanitation steps Group housing solutions 68 PACKAGING SOLUTIONS 112 SHOWCASE Product improvement 114 NAMES IN THE NEWS 74 IN-PLANT UPDATE A lasting impression 115 CLASSIFIEDS 4 MEAT+ POULTRY | 03.16 | www.meatpoultry.com 121 ADVERTISERS 122 THE INSIDERhttp://www.meatpoultry.com