Ultra-high pressure (UHP) technology has recently been commercialized to pasteurize and extend the refrigerated shelf life of juice, meat and poultry products.
Between focus groups, contract negotiations and machine engineering, it took Sargento Foods Inc. and Pactiv Corp. a year and a half to bring slider-style zipper closures to grocers' dairy cases.
When the doors of the Sands Expo and Convention Center open Sept. 10 for this year's edition of Pack Expo Las Vegas, a contingent from Hiram, Ohio-based Great Lakes Cheese Co. again will be among the 17,000 attendees expected for the biennial packaging equipment showcase.
For the second time in 15 months, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Ia.), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee failed to gain Senate support for an amendment that would have forced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to withdraw inspection from any meat and poultry plants that failed any microbiological standard, according to an American Meat Institute (AMI) release.