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Automating the transfer of live birds to a poultry kill line promises to ease stress levels for both humans and livestock.

Packaging exposes ready-to-eat products to contamination risk, but an Oklahoma inventor is devising a variety of pasteurization options.

CAP-L Company introduced an expanded line of automatic container cap feeding elevators.

Bulk bag discharger hits the sweet spot for chocolate powder producer.

In an appearance before Congress, USDA’s Office of Inspector General has rapped the agency for not effectively communicating.

As if metal cans and flexible pouches weren’t options enough, now food processors can use cartons in retort processing.

Each year, publications like Information Week, eWeek, and InfoWorld publish lists of who they consider to be the best Information Technology (IT) innovators. Again in 2001, the food industry was not well represented.

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering yet another case involving the Americans with Disabilities Act that could have employers on the defensive.

Everyone in the food industry realizes that if a terrorist wants to impact a large number of people, the water and food supplies are ideal vectors.

Joseph Levitt, director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, said his agency will continue to emphasize food safety, food additives, dietary supplements and food biotechnology.