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Volume 6, Number
22

FDA
says caffeine and alcohol don't
mix
The US Food and Drug
Administration today warned four companies that
the caffeine added to their malt beverages
is an "unsafe food additive," and further action
is possible under federal law.

China
accused of circumventing US trade
policies
The American citric
acid industry asked the US Department of
Commerce to investigate possible circumvention
of antidumping and countervailing duty orders on
citric acid products from China.

The
shrink is on for big-mouth plastic
containers
Shrinking the size of
big-mouth plastic containers helps food
processors maintain prices while decreasing the
amount of plastic material used in the
packaging.

Automated
material handling system boosts
productivity
KeHE Distributors
built a new distribution center near Allentown,
PA, where an automated material handling
system produced a 300% productivity gain and
optimized space utilization.

Fieldbus
Foundation implements advanced field
diagnostics
The new registration
requirements help to standardize how fieldbus
devices communicate their diagnostic data to the
host and asset management tools within a plant
automation
system.

Industry-sponsored white
papers

Complimentary
Aberdeen Group Report: ERP Plus in the Process
Industries

"Increasing
Production Efficiency--Back to Basics: The Five
Steps," Stellar

"The
Lean Workforce: Applying Lean principles to
improve workforce
management," Kronos
Inc.

FDA,
USDA, Cornell announce alliance for produce
safety
A public-private
organization, the Produce Safety Alliance, will
provide produce growers and packagers with
fundamental, on-farm food safety knowledge in
advance of a proposed produce safety
regulation.

New
Congress may prompt food safety
focus
With the party changeover
in the House in January, there may be a renewed
interest in simplifying the jurisdiction for
food safety, which could help decrease oversight
costs.

European
Commission suspends animal
cloning
The European Commission
is putting a hold on animal cloning for food so
further study can be done. The concern is the
ethical treatment of animals. Cloning will
continue, however, for other
applications.

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