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Canada sees deterioration in processed foods trade balance
TECH FLASH

Canada sees deterioration in processed food trade balance

Surplus with US and Mexico now a deficit
November 28, 2012
By Shane O'Halloran
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Canada’s processed foods exports have stalled.
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What's in a label?
TECH FLASH

What's in a label?

If it doesn't speak your brand, you've lost sales
November 28, 2012
By Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor
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Labeling should create a readily identifiable product image where the consumer says, "Yes!"
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Prop 37 ballot is NO!
TECH FLASH

Prop 37 goes down swinging in California election

Consumers have a right to know what’s in their food, but this proposal was flawed.
November 13, 2012
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Had it passed, food and beverage processors would have been required to list GMO ingredients on the label. There are other solutions.
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CH4 Biogas equipment
TECH FLASH

Campbell Soup Company to create Ohio’s first commercial biogas power plant

Partnering with CH4 Biogas, the processor will open the facility in Napoleon, OH.
November 13, 2012
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The facility will convert production waste into electricity to fuel beverage production.
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Worldwide food markets
TECH FLASH

Adapting the supply chain for tomorrow’s food security

Droughts, lagging productivity and food price volatility threaten food security, and the supply chain must react accordingly.
November 13, 2012
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Increases in the number of worldwide middle-class consumers and decreases in the number of companies in the supply chain further complicate worldwide food security.
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TECH FLASH

Don’t depend on e-commerce sites for accurate product information

While a processor’s product label may provide plenty of nutritional and allergy information, that information often doesn’t find its way to consumer web sites.
November 13, 2012
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A study of the quality of nutritional information taken from product labels to e-commerce websites shows a loss in translation.
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Conference Board Traceability Lead
TECH FLASH

Traceability systems needed to increase trust in food safety

A new study from Canada’s Conference Board says one step forward and one step backward in the supply chain is a simple, robust and cost-effective method of traceability.
November 13, 2012
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Recalls in North America and around the world reinforce the need for a robust traceability system.
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Peanut butter recall déjà vu

November 7, 2012
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Reported earlier in FE’s Tech Flash e-newsletter, the recent Salmonella Bredeney outbreak has sickened a total of 35 people in 19 states, and has been attributed to peanut butter—and potentially other nut butters—from Sunland Inc. (Portales, NM).
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SFA gets FSMA clarification

November 7, 2012
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There has been some uncertainty about FDA’s plan to implement preventive controls and other provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) because the agency has not yet issued regulations implementing the law.
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Farm Bill indecision hurts

November 7, 2012
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Food producers expressed strong disappointment when Congress adjourned without completing work on the new Farm Bill.
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