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Volume 7, Number 9
May 12,
2011

FDA
institutes two new regulations under
FSMA
The US Food and Drug
Administration announced two new regulations
that will help ensure the safety and security of
foods in the US. Both take effect July 3.

New
food safety bill adopted by
Senate
In what would have been
part of the original FSMA, the Food Safety
Accountability Act, if passed by Congress, puts
the teeth back into American food safety
landscape.

Higher
gas prices sensitize consumers to food
prices
Consumers are feeling
pinched on and off the road. Increasing gas
prices, of course, mean less money for food, and
many consumers are looking very carefully at
food prices.

Sustainability
in the dairy industry
The
Innovation for US Dairy will kick off the IDFA
Dairy Sustainability Symposium on Wednesday, May
25. The symposium will discuss sustainability
and efficiency.

Snack
food processor accepts Plant of the Year
Award
Melissa Shearer, Shearer's
Foods vice president of communications, accepted
the Plant of the Year Award at FE's
Food Automation and Manufacturing Conference
2011.

Technology
Differentiates NuTEC's Portioning Depositors
From the Rest
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deposit fillings for stuffed sandwiches,
multiple layered products, rolled or wrapped
items.  They provide excellent weight
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Sanitary
plant design: The new meaning of
clean
With industry attention
riveted on improved food safety, sanitary design
of plants is front and center.

Tech
Update: Motors &
drives
Power transmission
technology is in flux, and that adds up to a
wealth of options for food and beverage
manufacturers.

Green
manufacturing: Software tracks
sustainability
Take action now
to reduce consumption by monitoring energy usage
in real time.

Conveying
systems
Every process needs
connectivity-the right "circulation system" to
provide optimum hygiene, flexibility, fast
changeovers and ease of maintenance at the
lowest possible cost.

Engineering
R&D: Gen II for
biofuels
Commodity prices and a
credit crunch sidelined the first wave of
biofuel plants, but process inefficiencies also
played a role. The next generation of ethanol
producers won't make the same
mistake.

Mettler-Toledo
acquired Smiths Detection
product inspection division and will adopt the
well-known Eagle brand of food X-ray inspection
systems.

Wisdom Natural
Brands, manufacturer of SweetLeaf
Stevia Sweetener, appointed Laura
Setzfand as vice president of
sales.

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