Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: How Ammonia, CO₂, and Nitrogen Are Reshaping Food & Beverage Cooling

Why are more food and beverage processors mixing refrigerants instead of picking just one? As food processors rethink cooling from the ground up, ammonia, CO₂, and nitrogen technologies are each carving out distinct roles in faster, smarter, and more sustainable refrigeration systems.

August 26, 2026

Meat, Poultry & Seafood

Regulatory

FSIS Shifts Salmonella Testing Toward Quantification

The agency's Salmonella SAFE plan targets highly pathogenic serotypes and validation methods, with a 13-week moving window pilot and a biomapping pilot aimed at faster response.

August 21, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

End of the Line Video Series: What's New With Tariffs, EPR, and Glier's Geotta Equipment Installation

Watch as some of the PMG editors sit down and talk about trends, insights, and the cool things that pass by our desks.

August 10, 2026

Industry News

USDA Opens Applications for $500 Million Beef Processing Program

The SPUR initiative is designed to provide financial support to eligible independent beef processors to help maintain regional processing capacity and strengthen the U.S. beef supply chain.

August 7, 2026

Cleaning and Sanitation

A Sanitation-First Rebuild Helps an RTE Processor Recover

After a contamination-related event, ProFab moved from remediation to equipment rebuilds and new installations—turning an urgent response into a continuing plant partnership.

July 24, 2026

Heating/Cooking

Standard Meat's Sous Vide Focus in a Historic Site

Take a look inside Standard Meat's new facility built in Fort Worth's historic Stockyards, with a focus on sous vide production and flexibility for customer needs.

July 22, 2026

Industry News

How a Shrinking Cattle Herd is Steering Machinery Spend

Tight beef supply and labor scarcity are pushing processors toward poultry and yield-focused automation.

July 17, 2026

Inspection

Delivering Context to Food Safety Data at the Machine Level

As food processors connect machine-level data with contextualized analytics, retrofits, and AI tools, food safety programs are moving from isolated records toward real-time, risk-based decision-making.

July 17, 2026

Regulatory

USDA Food Safety Reorganization and Industry Implications

USDA’s new National Food Safety Center in Iowa is part of a broader FSIS realignment that shifts support, scientific, and administrative functions closer to agricultural production while keeping frontline inspection activities unchanged.

July 15, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Bar-W Beef Keeps Supply on Track with Traceability Tech

How can protein processors stay on top of traceability? Manual tracking of inventory from animal receiving through regulatory checks and all the way to warehousing and shipping can take diligent record-keeping.

July 8, 2026

Regulatory

FSIS Launches Pilot to Measure Salmonella Levels in Raw Poultry Plants

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service is launching a voluntary pilot program that will evaluate new Salmonella monitoring and verification approaches in chicken and turkey processing establishments.

June 26, 2026

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

How Standard Meat Company Built a Future-Ready Plant in Fort Worth’s Historic Stockyards

By anchoring its new facility around sous vide technology—even before securing a site—Standard Meat Company transformed a historic renovation into a flexible, high-capability processing hub built to meet the evolving demands of modern customers.

June 17, 2026

Sustainability

How Ammonia, CO₂, and Nitrogen Are Reshaping Food & Beverage Cooling

As food processors rethink cooling from the ground up, ammonia, CO₂, and nitrogen technologies are each carving out distinct roles in faster, smarter, and more sustainable refrigeration systems.

June 5, 2026