John Urbanski, vice president of technical sales and services at Cargill Cocoa Chocolate, received the Stroud Jordan Award from the American Association of Candy Technologists (AACT) for his outstanding contributions to the field of confectionery technology.
In the battle for the Oval Office, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain take opposite stands on federal subsidies for ethanol, which some critics say is driving up the price of food commodities.
While it might seem that OSHA has lagged in coming up with dust explosion standards for industries other than grain (see Food Engineering June 2008), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has declared that its NFPA 68 Standard on Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting is now a “standard” rather than a “guideline.”