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Volume 6, Number
14

Mission Foods goes for the
gold
LEED Gold, that is. The
processor's new facility installed preheat
systems for combustion air and cooking oil,
saving 250,000 therms of gas annually plus
avoiding 1,300 tons of carbon emissions.

Dairy industry rejects proposed supply
management programs
The USDA and
Department of Justice have been holding hearings
and conducting workshops to discover the reasons
for high consumer dairy prices while family
farms cope with falling prices.

Tyson-Syntroleum fats/greases plant ready to
go
The new Dynamic Fuels
Geismar, LA plant is mechanically complete, has
already received shipments of animal fats and is
ready to start cooking, processing up to 75
million gallons of biofuels per year.

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Trap,
condensate
optimization decrease brewery's
utility needs
Replacing
older steam traps and pressurized collection
receivers with new steam traps and associated
equipment yielded major savings in
water recovery and energy usage.

Safety protocol on EtherCAT accepted by IEC
committees
The
Safety-over-EtherCAT protocol defines the
fundamental requirements of a communication
system in terms of safety-relevant data
transmission.

Industry-sponsored white
papers

"The Lean Workforce: Applying Lean
principles to improve workforce
management." Learn how food manufacturers
can apply lean principles to their workforce to
measure and manage variability, identify
non-value added labor, and motivate the
workforce.  Kronos
Inc.

"The Truth About Energy
Efficient Motors," SEW
Eurodrive

Government agencies collaborate on food
safety improvements
FSIS, FDA
and CDC have been collaborating to reduce
foodborne illness as part of the Food Safety
Working Group, organized by the White House.

Chicken imports still under
scrutiny
The US government's
2009 ban on chicken imports from China has been
overturned by the World Trade Organization,
which says the ban violates several WTO
rules.

Six food colors must carry warning labels in
EU
Processors that use certain
artificial colors in foods and beverages sold in
EU must include a warning on the container that
these food colors may cause hyperactivity in
children.

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