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Volume 8 • Number 12 • June 28,
2012

PROCESSING

PACKAGING

SUSTAINABILITY

INNOVATION

FOOD
MASTER

Manufacturing
News

Food processors ready to put reserve money to
use
Though the economy is still somewhat
stagnant, many food processors find themselves with cash
on hand to spend on fix-ups, buyouts and data analytics.

Visibility and
track-and-trace
Effective
track-and-trace solutions are critical to know where
products are going and have been, and effective
communications systems make it possible, says PMMI VP.

HCFC22 refrigerants on the way
out
ASHRAE and the United Nations
Environment Programme have teamed up to to produce a
guide to help facilities migrate away from
chlorine-based refrigerants.

Automation
News

Remote rabbi restart
A
Pennsylvania kosher food plant couldn't wait for a rabbi
to show up after a two-hour trip from home to offer a
blessing and restart the boiler. Wireless provided a
solution.

Can your robot debone poultry?
So
far, attempts to design equipment that could
successfully debone chicken have not enjoyed much
commercial success. Help may be on the way.

Ethnic foods a hot ticket
When
chefs start out owning a restaurant, they may not
anticipate scaling a recipe to commercial
production. The challenge is finding scalable
equipment.

Food Safety
News

Tools to help avoid a disastrous outbreak and
recall
Remember last year's tragic
cantaloupe Listeria outbreak? This interview with a GFSI
auditor outlines tips to help processors avoid the same
fate.

USDA inspecting catfish not a good
idea
The Government Accountability
Office says USDA's FSIS is not competent to inspect
catfish as the 2008 Farm Bill stipulated.

Risk management summit highlights food safety as
key business strategy
An international
risk management summit held in Amsterdam with food and
beverage processors found several diverging opinions on
food safety and personnel safety.

Industry
News

GMA commends AMA action in support of GE
foods
The Grocery Manufacturers
Association commended the American Medical Association
on its support of genetically engineered foods.

GS1 Standards: Streamlining the global supply
chain
Use of GS1 standards reduces
supply chain disruptions.

No coffee break for this
conveyor
Processor finally replaces
conveyor’s wire rope which had performed flawlessly for
14 years—twice its expected lifetime

Food Safety: Managing plant access and
egress
Doors, gates and windows are
parts of food defense and food safety.

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