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Volume 7,
Number 18   September 29,
2011

Overall
US beer consumption falls
The
beer industry has continued its declines for the
fourth year in a row and lost 1.9 percent or a
total 2.8 billion cases. Light beers
and core brands fell off while craft beers
and imports increased market share.

Barley-based
pasta: A good source of
fiber
Tired of the same old
boring pasta that's a bunch of empty carbs?
Barley-based pastas may someday soon be known as
a "good source of dietary fiber" and "may reduce
the risk of heart disease."

BPI's
Roth to be inducted into Meat Industry Hall of
Fame
Eldon Roth, Beef Products
Inc. inventor and innovator, will be inducted
into the Meat Industry Hall of Fame. Roth
commercialized a method of removing fat from
trims, yielding 95-percent lean ground
beef.

Goya
Foods upgrades its supply chain software
performance
The food processor's
supply chain system could no longer keep up with
increasing market demands. Upgrading to a new
system reduced out-of-stock rates while reducing
the time to create orders.

Use
a battery management system to boost
productivity,
profit
Distribution centers that
use battery-operated lift trucks are often
operating with more batteries than they need.
Reducing the number of on-hand batteries can
decrease charging and maintenance costs.

Technology
Differentiates NuTEC's Portioning Depositors
From the Rest
NuTEC's hydraulic
C-Frame Depositors improve the way processors
deposit fillings for stuffed sandwiches,
multiple layered products, rolled or wrapped
items.  They provide excellent weight
control and clean, accurate filling placement
down the line.
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USDA
takes new steps to fight E.
coli
The USDA is taking new
steps in the war against E. coli by declaring
six additional serogroups as adulterants in
non-intact raw beef. These include E. coli O26,
O103, O45, O111, O121 and O145.

Food
safety training lab opens in College Park,
MD
The FDA, University of
Maryland, their Joint Institute for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) and Waters
Corporation opened the International Food Safety
Training Laboratory.

Food
defense needs shoring up
The GAO
reports that no centralized coordination exists
to oversee Federal agencies' overall progress in
implementing the nation's food and agriculture
defense policy.

Many Americans
unaware of key food safety
practices
A poll conducted by
the American Meat Institute and Harris
Interactive found that only 19-20 percent of
Americans who cook burgers use an instant-read
thermometer and understand doneness
temperatures.

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