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Volume 7,
Number 5   March 15,
2011

FA&M
2011 provides tools to control costs and
increase profits
With all the
bad news about energy and commodity prices,
processors can find the good news they need
about controlling costs at Food
Engineering's Food Automation &
Manufacturing Conference 2011.

PMMI
launches alliance for operations and solution
providers
In partnership with
the Grocery Manufacturers' Association, PMMI
launched the Alliance for Innovation and
Operational Excellence (AIOE) to bring together
operations professionals and solutions
providers.

Tide
turning against food for
fuel?
The food industry won a
major battle in the House of Representatives
last month when lawmakers voted to block the
Obama Administration from increasing the amount
of ethanol (using more corn) in motor fuel.

General
Mills innovation portal a
success
The portal helps General
Mills identify and connect with potential
partners around the globe. In 2010, the site
attracted more than 1,000 registered
innovators.

Market
drives healthier food
Walmart
recently launched a comprehensive program to
provide its customers with healthier and more
affordable food choices, reducing salt, sugars
and trans fats in packaged
foods.

Food
safety audits: Meeting the certification
challenge head on
Certification
programs under the GFSI umbrella are taking root
in North America, though not without some
growing pains and process changes for food
manufacturers.

Tech
Update: Cooking and
frying
Improved energy
efficiency, fun shapes, healthier eating: Myriad
market demands are driving changes in commercial
cooking and frying systems.

Making
the right choice with smart wireless
sensors
Smart sensors have been
around for a long time, but when combined with
wireless capabilities, the sky's the limit.

Food
Safety: A team approach to audits must be in
place
Today's audits are not
only more complex, they are more comprehensive
and demand a collaborative
effort.

ATTENTION: Food & Beverage
Processors, A&E/Construction
Companies: Participate in FE's 2011
Plant Construction
Survey!

Paul McKeithan was promoted
to Aeroglide regional director,
food and feed markets, Americas.

Packaging Solutions Holdings
acquired Excel Pac, a flexible
packaging manufacturer in the food, dairy and
pet food markets from Vincent
Musacchio.

Performance Pet
Products hired Seth
Kaufman as vice president of business
development and Nate Thomas as
vice president of research and development.

Three contract growers for
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation
were honored by the US Poultry & Egg
Association for environmental
excellence at their family-owned farms. They are
Huneycutt Brothers' Family Farm
(Albemarle, NC); Shoemaker
Farm (Burlington, WV); and
Lucky Charm Farms (Weyers Cave,
VA).

Burcon NutraScience
Corporation entered into a license
agreement with Archer Daniels Midland
Company (ADM) for the worldwide
production, distribution and sale of Burcon's
CLARISOY soy protein.

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