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Volume 6, Number
7

FDA 'Import Alert' issued for labeling
violations
The US Food
& Drug Administration issued Import Alert
#99-20, "Detention Without Physical Examination
of Imported Food Products Due to Nutritional
Labeling Education Act (NLEA) Violations."

Senate
committee awaits action on school lunch and
breakfast programs
The
Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously
approved the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of
2010 and sent it to the full Senate for action.
The legislation reauthorizes childhood nutrition
programs, spending $4.5 billion during the next
10 years.

Comments
on proposed food safety laws
sought
The Food Safety
and Inspection Service is seeking comment on
proposed measures to increase food safety. The
proposed rule would implement a provision of the
2008 Farm Bill and is a priority for the Food
Safety Working Group.

No winter recess for costly recalls in
2010
Whether processors
are more careless, detection is getting better
or dissemination of information is faster,
outbreaks and recalls did not take a winter
recess.

Plant of the Year: Keystone Foods Puts Its
Best Food
Forward
Emerging from 40
years in the background, Keystone Foods is
asserting its capabilities as a contract
manufacturer at its brand new Gadsden, AL,
facility.

Tech Update: Pumping
Systems
Processors are
looking for efficient, CIP-able pumping systems
at reasonable costs to perform more challenging
tasks.

Food Safety: In preventive maintenance,
little things mean a
lot
Ignoring small parts
such as gaskets, valves, clamps or connections
can cause headaches.

Engineering R&D: Engineered bacteria
killers
As understanding
of how nature adapts to the evolution of harmful
microorganisms deepens, molecular biology is
delivering new food safety tools, including
bactericidal
proteins.

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

Bob Crossken has been named
as the national sales manager for Newton,
KS-headquartered Bunting Magnetics
Co. Crossken has served in a variety of
roles including sales engineer, regional sales
manager and senior district sales manager, since
joining the company in 1964.

Jill Rulon, senior vice
president of the California Grocers
Association, resigned after a 13-year
tenure.

Graham Packaging Co. signed
a share purchase agreement to acquire
China Roots Packaging PTE Ltd.,
a plastic container manufacturing company
located in Guangzhou, China. The transaction is
expected to close during the second quarter.

An investor group led by the Ontario
Teachers' Pension Plan acquired Exal
Group of Youngstown, OH, a specialty
manufacturer of aluminum containers.

Read more People,
Plants and Industry News in
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