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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Meat industry"”.
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An analysis of the U.S. meat industry from consumers' and processors’ points of view
… thesis consists of two research papers on the meat industry focusing on locally processed meat. The first paper is based on a survey distributed to meat consumers throughout the U.S. with the objective of understanding their willingness to pay for locally processed meat. This goal was achieved …
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Development of a sensor-based rapid microbial testing platform for the Irish meat industry
… productivity and economic losses for the food industry. There is a need for novel approaches to extend shelf life of products, improve quality and microbial safety, reduce spoilage and waste, and new assessment methods. Traditional methods are time consuming, labour intensive, centralised, have …
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Discover. Develop. Deliver: An investigation of innovation processes and systems within New Zealand's red meat industry
New Zealand’s red meat industry faces challenges of the evolving alternative proteins sector, emerging consumer trends, and environmental concerns, all of which drive innovation. A hybridised lens of design thinking, systems thinking, and regenerative thinking was used to investigate the innovation …
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Women on the Line: A Qualitative Study of Women's Experience of Work in the Meat Industry
… the experiences of women who work in the meat industry. Drawing from symbolic interaction and standpoint theory frameworks, this research focuses on how gender, race, and nationality influence work experiences and family life for women in comparison to men in the meat industry. This study …
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The Slaughterhouse Hang-Up in Meat Marketing
… paper, The Slaughterhouse Hang-Up of the Meat Industry, is to introduce the reader to the present condition of the meat industry, to highlight its past decade of accomplishments, and to predict some probable and possible changes, strides and trends of the industry. | Primitive packaging, …
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Prediction of Water Activity in Cured Meat using Microwave Spectroscopy
… to determine quality parameters in cured meat. The first approach is online monitoring of weight loss in the meat curing process, which is a significant measurement for the meat industry because the weight loss is used as a method of tracking the curing process. Currently, weight loss is …
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Location pattern of the meat packing industry, 1950-1965
… to make a case study of locational influences in meat packing in recent years, and thereby both to learn something about the location economics of that industry and to contribute to a more generalized understanding of industrial location forces in the modern setting. The organization of the study …
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Assessing the Impact of Regulated HACCP Systems on the Efficiency and Profitability of United States Meat Processing and Packing Sectors
… (1) limited scope of HACCP implementation in the meat industry. Only 14.7% of the respondents have HACCP systems in place, (2) Small firms will incur an average of 2.5 cents per pound of amortized implementation and operating HACCP expenses, (3) The cost structures of all firm categories are …
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Effectiveness Of Visual-Based Safety Training Compared With Non-Visual Based Safety Training In The Meat Processing Industry For Non-English Speaking, Hispanic Employees
… non-English, Spanish speaking employees in the meat industry is more effective than non-visual training. The literature review included in this thesis studies the known barriers to training Hispanic workers, the existing training methods out there for safety training, and the best forms of …
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Cross-Hedging Bison with Live Cattle Futures
Bison production is an emerging retail meat industry. As demand increases, it creates opportunity for supply-side growth. However, the bison market is volatile and the potential for a drop in the value of bison makes price risk an important factor for producers. Following price risk theory, hedging …
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Evaluating traceability systems within the South African sheep meat supply chain
… in place to guarantee the Karoo origin of sheep meat in South African retail stores. The question, though, is whether all abattoirs and meat processors in South Africa are able to deliver origin-guaranteed products. The key factor here is the traceability system they have in place. The general …
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Essays in the economic implications of select animal health and crop production issues
… equilibrium displacement model (EDM) of the U.S. meat industry (i.e., beef, pork, lamb and poultry) is used to analyze welfare implications occurring from the potential restriction on the use of antimicrobial technologies or the implementation of biosecurity measures at the slaughter (i.e., …
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Effect of electrical stimulation and genotype on meat quality traits of Nellore and crossbreed cull cows
… systems, resulting in better productivity, meat quality and competitiveness. Electrical stimulation (ES) has been used as an innovation in the meat industry to improve meat tenderness and colour of beef carcass. The study aimed to evaluate ES and genotype’s effects on carcass pH and …
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Battle for the dinner table: Can vegan analogues curb America’s reliance on meat?
As demand for meat continues to rise, globally, the livestock industry produces an estimated 14.5% of manmade greenhouse gas emissions –– more than two-thirds of which come from cattle. Meat production requires roughly three-fourths of the world’s agricultural land and heavy crop and water usage, …
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Evaluating the potential for plant-based meat to capture the U.S. meat market
This thesis describes factors influencing the meatless meat industry’s potential to expand, and it estimates the U.S. beef market’s response to competition from plant-based meat products. The first part of the analysis provides an overview of the meatless meat industry and outlines factors that …
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Investigation of the factors influencing successful implementation of HACCP systems in meat processing SMEs in the UK
… safety regulatory issues. In the United Kingdom meat industry,HACCP has been developed most successfully to large-scale enterprises. Onthe other hand, HACCP implementation was less effective in small andmedium sized businesses (SMEs) and this phenomenon has been attributed toinsufficient …
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Veganism & the Vegan Market in Iceland. Is there a prospective for a vegan restaurant in Iceland?
… lot more from the earth than we give back. The meat industry is a strong factor in this degradation of the earth. Meat production is unmaintainable for the future; it is polluting, wasteful and part of a distorted mindset that we, as humans, are dependent on consuming meat in order to live. It …
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Hurdle Technologies Using Essential Oils And High Hydrostatic Pressure To Inactivate E. Coli In Fresh Beef
… combination of HHP and EO is very promising for meat industry.
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Geographical aspects of meat production in Illinois
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Incentives and Institutions: A Comparative Legal and Economic Study of Food Safety
… these approaches. Examples from the fast food industry and a case study of a modern U.S. commercial meat plant provide further insight on the role of the private and public mechanisms. The second essay offers an in-depth look at the English and American legal systems. Food safety implications …
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