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Volume 5, Number
5

FDA
Salmonella Recall tool
online
FDA tool continues to provide the
latest recall information on peanut
products.

Food
and beverage market holds its own in economic
crisis
Despite the downturn in
the economy, the food and beverage industry
leads all other industry segments in having the
smallest losses in the last year.

FDA limited
in dietary supplements/food
regulation
GAO says FDA isn't
equipped to rein in the dietary and supplemental
foods markets. Not only doesn't FDA know who the
players are, it also doesn't know all the
potential adverse reactions of these products'
constituents.

China
steps up food safety

China
has five federal organizations involved at
different levels of food safety. Now it has set
up a single authority to oversee them.

Pilgrim's
Pride idles three plants
Layoffs
of 3,000 people are expected at these
locations.

Manufacturing sector needs a stimulus
package
Most Americans believe
the government should provide incentives to keep
American manufacturing
competitive.

Food safety at the
crossroads
Helped along by
the recent Peanut Corporation of American
recalls, food safety has come front and center,
demanding urgent attention.

Managing traceability and public
trust
Validating the source and
condition of raw materials is critical in
maintaining public confidence in prepared
foods.

Tech Update: Sanitary
design
Aggressive cleaning
programs and advanced technologies are improving
food plant hygiene, but sanitary design
principles also should be considered.

Engineering R&D: E-beam makes a
comeback
Irradiation of raw beef
never gained traction in the early 21st Century,
but electron beam is staging a comeback in
package sterilization.

Industry-Sponsored White
Papers
Information you can use:
Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
(Part 1 of 3) - Refrigeration Condenser
Optimization
(Nalco)

Arla Foods amba reached
an agreement with Royal
FrieslandCampina N.V. about the
purchase of Friesland Foods Fresh
Nijkerk by Arla Foods.

Farmer Bros. Co. completed
its acquisition of Sara Lee
Corp.'s US direct-store delivery
foodservice coffee business.

John Bean Technologies
Corp., which acquired the assets of
USA Sales & Automation LLC,
moved the latter's manufacturing and engineering
activities from Gallatin, TN, to JBT FoodTech in
Sandusky, OH.

TranSystems and The
ACCESS Group closed on the merger of
the two firms. The addition of The ACCESS Group
enhances TranSystem's management and supply
chain consulting services.

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