Category: Texas A&M AgriLife Research
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ANSC 307, Enrich Our Youth, Food Safety, Graduate Students, Teaching, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Lindsey Mehall receives Ronnie L. Edwards Graduate Student Teaching Award
COLLEGE STATION – Lindsey Mehall was one of three graduate students in the Department of Animal Science who were recipients of the 2013 Ronnie L. Edwards Graduate Teaching Award, in recognition of their important contributions as graduate students to the undergraduate student experience. Mehall was presented the award during the department’s Christmas luncheon held Dec. 17 at…
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Rollstock packaging machine is the newest addition to the Rosenthal Meat Center
The Rosenthal Meat Center has increased its ability to teach packaging technologies through the recent addition of a fully automated Rollstock Packaging Machine. The Rollstock machine is a state-of-the-art packaging system that will vacuum package all types of products. The machine was donated by Texas Meat Purveyors (a division of Freedman Foodservice, LP) in San…
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Gill provides expertise on the use of bacteriophages in China
In November, Jason Gill visited the Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), located in Nanjing, China. He was invited and hosted by Dr. Ran Wang, who leads a research group in the JAAS Institute of Food Safety focusing on the safety of animal-derived foods. Dr. Wang’s group has recently become interested in the use of…
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Smith presents research collaborations in South Korea
Stephen B. Smith, professor in the Department of Animal Science, traveled to the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in October and visited universities and research centers to promote information and collaborative research between South Korea and Texas A&M University. He presented “Carcass and Fatty Acid Composition of Corn-fed and Yearling-fed Angus Steers” to staff at…
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Window of Acceptability: A 25-year look back
This is the 25th anniversary of one of the most important and significant contributions that Dr. H. Russell Cross and I may have ever made to the livestock and meat industries: the development of the “Window of Acceptability.” This window not only helped demonstrate the amount of fat in meat necessary for tenderness and flavor,…
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Line of fat observed in New York Strip Steaks
We received a request to answer the question why there was a line of fat sometimes present in beef strip steaks. A customer of a meat purveyor had requested a credit for this “defect,” and this is the photo that was sent to us to help answer why this line of fat was present. Gatlan…
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Beyond Basics HACCP Plan Improvement Workshop held on November 6-7, 2013
The Beyond Basics: HACCP Plan Improvement Workshop was held on November 6-7, 2013 in the Kleberg Animal and Food Science Center at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Participants from the United States and Canada brought their HACCP plans, other food safety documents, and plenty of questions to the workshop. The workshop was led…
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Feed Our World, Grow Our Economy, Protect Our Environment, Sustainability, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Workshops
Beef Sustainability 101 program held for McDonald’s Corporation and suppliers
Beef Sustainability 101 was held on July 9-10, 2013 at the request of McDonald’s Corporation and some of its suppliers to help key members of the McDonald’s Corporation beef supply chain better understand beef production, processing, value, and sustainability. The workshop was conducted by faculty and students from the Department of Animal Science, along with…
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‘Creative’ sausage workshop draws participants from across U.S. | AgriLife Today
October 29, 2013 Attendees learn more about the finer points of making good sausage Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Making good sausage was the focus of Texans and out-of-state enthusiasts at a recent “creative” sausage workshop held at Texas A&M University. Hosted by the department of animal science at Texas A&M, attendees…
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Gill joins animal science department at Texas A&M University | Department of Animal Science
This news release came out in the spring, but I wanted to make sure that readers of our website knew about Dr. Gill joining the department. JWS. COLLEGE STATION – Dr. Jason Gill has joined the faculty in the department of animal science at Texas A&M University. Gill will conduct research on the biology and…