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Plant Safety: Implementing a continuous improvement mindset

May 03, 2012
On-the-job fatalities have declined by a third over the last 20 years, but there’s no room for complacency for industry leaders who consider workplace safety a continuous improvement mission.


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Handle air with care

May 03, 2012
While air quality is important in a processing plant, controlling its movement is critical for food safety and quality.


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Efficient transport, precise delivery

May 03, 2012
No longer one size fits all, today’s conveyor belting choices enhance hygiene, product release and overall plant efficiency.


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Tech Update: Valves

May 03, 2012
Whether manual or automatic, the valves available for today’s plants provide more versatility, control and safety to flow technology.


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Engineering R&D: MAP for HPP

May 03, 2012
High-pressure processing may be the 21st century’s most dynamic new technology for pasteurization, and modified atmosphere packaging is the latest expansion of its possibilities.


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Plant of the Year: Northeast Foods - Automatic Rolls of NC

April 05, 2012
A McDonald’s supplier designs a high-volume bakery that boosts automation to new levels and recasts the role of production floor workers.


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Allergen Control: Using Techniques that Go Well Beyond the Label

April 05, 2012
Building allergen management into your HACCP plan can go a long way in preventing expensive mistakes.
 


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Tech Update: Sterilization - Better processes, healthier foods

April 05, 2012
Fresh foods and sterile processes are mutually exclusive, but technical advances are putting the best of both worlds within reach.


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GFSI Update: Creating a Safe and Effective Worldwide Food System

March 07, 2012
Don’t wait until customers ask you to comply. Get started now to improve manufacturing performance and food quality.
 


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Water’s rising tide

March 07, 2012
Attention to use of the humble hydrogen-oxygen molecule is producing sometimes-surprising operational improvements and cost savings at food plants.
 


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Frito-Lay Casa Grande was chosen as Food Engineering's 2011Sustainable Plant of the Year.Part learning lab, part sustainability showcase, the Frito-Lay facility in Casa Grande is the focus of the snack food manufacturer’s ambitious goal of creating a blueprint for sustained production in a resource-strapped tomorrow.

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Seven Surprising Uses for Spray Technology

On-Demand: Processors clean, coat, cool, dry, and lubricate products and equipment in dozens of areas in a plant thousands of times a year. Even though it may not be obvious, spray technology is often the backbone of these operations and can be used in many more.

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