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Volume 6, Number
3

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Fed food safety
budgets may increase, but not
enough
While many federal
agencies are facing a freeze in discretionary
spending in the next budget, FDA is a notable
exception. FDA's budget could actually grow by
as much as 23 percent, with much of the new
spending focused on food safety.

'Risk-based' approach to food
safety
Eighteen food
industry and consumer groups have jointly urged
the US Senate to adopt S.510, the FDA Food
Safety and Modernization Act of 2009.

USDA announces food safety
initiatives for school
lunch
Agriculture
Secretary Tom Vilsack last week announced
several new initiatives to ensure the safety and
quality of food purchased by USDA for the
National School Lunch Program and other food and
nutrition assistance programs.

Processors'
mandate: innovate, source, make,
deliver
It's more
important than ever for food and beverage
manufacturing executives to get ahead of the
curve to ensure food safety and traceability
across their business, says a report from the
Aberdeen
Group.

The rise of
AS/RS
Automated storage
and retrieval systems have served manufacturers
for decades, but technical advances and
practical considerations are making them more
appealing than ever before.

Outsourcing engineering

With the in-house engineering
cupboard almost bare, food and beverage
companies' need for engineering services has
never been greater. Where they'll find it is the
question.

Tech Update:
Mixing and
blending
Complete
knowledge of your process and product can
improve quality and yield.

Engineering R&D: Move over,
retort
The math of
commercial cost and consumer willingness to pay
remains to be calculated, but in-container
sterilization with microwaves already has
achieved several
milestones.

Industry-sponsored white
papers
"Improving Returns
From Your Cogeneration Plant"

Sargento Foods Inc. promoted
Shawn Marcom to vice president of procurement
and Gary Vissers to vice president of demand
planning.

Applied Vision
Corporation promoted three staff
members to new leadership roles. Jerry Shaffer
was named vice president of customer service,
Brian Baird was appointed director of product
marketing and Paul Stephan assumed the role of
director of software
engineering.

Don Dalton, retired
president of US Poultry & Egg
Association, was honored by the
American Poultry Historical Society as one of
the 2010 inductees into the Poultry Hall of
Fame.

Smurfit-Stone
Container Corporation promoted Matt
Denton to senior vice president of business
planning and analysis.

Reiser opened a new customer
center at its Canton, MA, headquarters. A 6,600-
sq.- ft.- expansion of the existing building,
the facility features a customizable processing
room with space to run individual machines or
fully automated lines, as well as a full test
kitchen for preparing, cooking and sampling
finished product.

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