Advancing Needle Safety for a Stronger Pork Industry | Greg Hastings

About the Guest Greg Hastings serves as the Senior Director of Commercial Excellence & Business Development at Neogen. In this role, he oversees Neogen’s Animal Safety R&D and Data Analytics teams. Greg is a passionate advocate for animal agriculture and actively engages in evaluating and contributing to the development of new technologies and services that offer benefits to owners and employees of animal production practices worldwide. Throughout his career at Neogen, Greg has played a pivotal role in developing and implementing various animal health products, including detectable needle usage in animal production. A Purdue University graduate, Greg currently resides in Richmond, Kentucky with his wife, Denise. What can you expect to learn from this episode of Popular Pig? The evolution of needle use in the pork industry. How the D3X needle prevents needle fragments in pork. Challenges in creating a fully detectable needle. The importance of risk mitigation in pork safety. Greg’s “Golden Nugget”