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Volume 7,
Number 6   March 30,
2011

Retrotech, Inc.
specializes in the design, installation,
modernization and support of automated material
handling systems. Our approach provides clients
with solutions that directly improve day-to-day
warehousing operations, lowers facility capital
costs and provides tangible
ROI.

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

Japan's tragedy could benefit US
processors
The recent nuclear
radiation fallout in the vicinity of the
Fukushima powerplant has curtailed the shipping
of local Japanese produce and seafood. The US
Gulf seafood industry could benefit from the
disaster.

Producer prices spike
Except
for November 1974, February 2011 marked the
largest one-month increase in 37 years for
wholesale food prices, climbing by 3.9
percent.

PepsiCo develops 100-percent plant-based
bottle
PepsiCo's new "green"
bottle is 100-percent recyclable and is made
from bio-based raw materials including switch
grass, pine bark and corn husks. Recycled food
scraps will be used in the future.

Omnilube
Premium Food-Grade Lubricants
Omnilube®
lubricants from Ultrachem are premium quality
food grade synthetic oils and greases for
incidental food contact, specially designed to
offer reduced lubrication intervals, longer
equipment life, less downtime, and reduced
maintenance costs. H-1, NSF and Kosher approved.
Visit us at Hannover Messe, Hall 26, Booth
A65.

(Advertisement)

PMMI
strengthens relationship with
OMAC
PMMI will provide staff
support to further the mission of OMAC
(Organization for Machine Automation and
Control), which developed PackML, a standardized
packaging machinery language.

Keep
the process cool
When a plant
and its processes can no longer stand the heat
and there is no need to recycle it,
cooling towers can remove heat, but
galvanized towers often have a relatively short
life span.

A
New Float and Thermostatic Trap - A Design with
Materials Made to Last
The new 1/2" FTS
- 150 and the FTS - 300 float and thermostatic
steam trap series is made from an all stainless
steel material and has opened new markets in the
chemical processing, hydrocarbon processing, and
food and beverage industries where stainless
steel is required.   (Advertisement)

The
next Chinese melamine
scandal?
First it was melamine
to bost protein levels. Now it's clenbuterol,
which helps porkers become muscular, lean
fat-burning machines. Clenbuterol may be OK for
pig consumption, but not humans.

Are
you ready for Title III, FSMA
301?
If you're importing food
and beverages or ingredients from a foreign
country, you'll need to have two years' worth of
records and be able to produce them in a flash
to the FDA upon its request.

Too
much fragmentation in federal food safety
oversight
The Food Safety
Working Group is a first step in the right
direction in reducing complexity in the
oversight of food safety, but GAO says more
needs to be
done.

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