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rants. We do well with lamb in Canada,
Mexico and the Caribbean.
One of the things the United States
can do, and do very well, is present
a total complex. If you're Denmark,

you're primarily offering pork. If
you're Australia, you're primarily offering beef. When we go to any country or foodservice establishment, we
can offer beef, pork and lamb. This is

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◆ Runs natural, collagen

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and cellulose casing

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◆ Links to exact weight

AL monitor control. The flexibility of the

◆ Portions to precise length

PLH216 can be realized during product

◆ Hangs all varieties of casings

change over, made easier, due in part, to the
belted conveyors. An infinite amount of sizes
can be achieved with the PLH216. It can also
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aspect of the bone collection's superiority is
that it can be programmed to maintain exact
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a great strength for the United States.
What's the U.S.'s greatest strength in
the global marketplace for meat?
Food safety is still one of our best-kept
secrets. What we need to do is more P.R.
as far as our country and the care and
attention that goes into this to provide a
safe and wholesome product. You really
sense this in Asia, especially now with
avian influenza. People are dying in Asia
from it, so food safety is a huge issue.
The F.A.O. says that every year $10
billion is lost every year in total world
meat trade due to food safety issues.
That's one-fifth of the total trade that's
being forfeited - and that's unsustainable. That's why we need to work with
these authorities on these issues. That's
something that's urgently needed at
this point.
You held the presidency of the International Meat Secretariat for several years in addition to your work at
U.S.M.E.F. Can you say a little about
I.M.S. and its programs?
I was elected president of I.M.S.
at the World Meat Congress in China
in 1997, and I just stepped down last
year. It's a very important organization. I.M.S. works very closely with
O.I.E., F.A.O. and all the major agencies around the world that are trying to
advance food safety and trade.
I.M.S. is an amalgam of groups from
about 40 different countries - meatproducing countries as well as major
importing countries. We exchange economic information; we have a lot of
workshops on marketing; and we have
workshops on safety issues, including
B.S.E. - basically, every issue that's
important to meat trade. It's a very important effort.
Steve Bjerklie is M&P's West Coast
correspondent, based in San Francisco.
He has worked as a journalist covering
the meat and poultry processing
industry for more than 25 years.
We would like to hear from you- your comments
and questions about this article are welcome.
E-mail the author at: meat&poultry@sosland.com

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