Apply Now: Beyond Fresh Meats Short Course

Join Tyson Foods on March 11th - March 13th for the 2022 Beyond Fresh Meat Short Course at Tyson Food’s Discovery Center in Downer Grove, Illinois!

Participants will get an in-depth, hands-on experience in the dinner sausage category. You will also have- the opportunity to broaden your technical skill set while gaining an understanding of what R&D food scientists do every day.

Quick Details

• When: March 11-13th, 2022

• Where: Downer Grove, Illinois

• Registration fee: $50 (+ $30 membership for the American Meat Science Association)

• What’s covered: meals, hotel, transport to hotel *you need to cover transportation to Downer Grove(Chicago)

• Application deadline: November 24th

Vaccination to Covid-19 is required.

Program Curriculum

Dinner Sausage Formulation & Processing

• Natural casing, co-extrusion, skinless dinner sausage processing

• How to formulate with fat target, salt targets, label constraints and claim adherence

Developing with Intent

• Cross-functional collaboration with FSQA, Regulatory, Procurement, and Marketing

• Product design process (stage-gate, innovation vs optimization)

Going Beyond the Science

• Consumer expectations

• Career development

Applications will be reviewed and the 50 individuals selected will be contact by AMSA staff to pay their $50 registration fee prior to the course.

*information directly from Tyson Beyond Fresh Meats Short Course

How to Apply

Apply to the program via the Program Application Form.

Please feel free to email beyondfreshmeat@tyson.com, or Clayton Smith, a recent UGA Graduate at Tyson in R&D clayton.smith2@tyson.com with any questions, comments or concerns.

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