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Volume 8 • Number 19 • October 16,
2012

PROCESSING

PACKAGING

SUSTAINABILITY

INNOVATION

FOOD
MASTER

Manufacturing
News

Is
nut butter recall a sign of endemic problems at
FDA?
A consumer watchdog group says
FDA has not been keeping up with implementing FSMA's
rules, therefore, it should be no surprise that
recalls continue.

Bakery
and snack markets moving east
A new
market study shows an increase of 4 percent for
bakery and snack food sales in the US, but sales in the
rest of the world will grow at 7
percent.

Beer
loses out to wine and spirits
2011 was
another year of decline for the US beer industry with
imports and craft beers propping up the market while
innovative spirits and wine are taking
off.

Food Engineering Exclusives

The
world's top 100 food & beverage
companies
Investing wisely in local and
emerging markets calls for innovative
strategies.

Recall
prevention and planning
A food safety
plan starts with prevention, but must also include
action plans.

Packaging
Trends Survey: Greener containers, faster
speeds
Food packaging professionals are
working on the goals of sustainable
manufacturing.

What
you need to know about Prop 37 now
Prop
37 requires GE foods to have this information declared
on the label.

People,
Plants and Industry
News

Eriez promoted Nicole
Skias to product engineering manager for the
Eriez Hydroflow line.

The International Association of Exhibitions
and Events named PROCESS EXPO
2011 as a winner of an Outstanding Achievement
in Sales and Marketing award.

Crown
Equipment Corporation earned a Gold
International Design Excellence Award
(IDEA) for the Crown RM 6000 narrow-aisle reach truck
and a Bronze IDEA for the Crown QuickPick Remote Advance
low-level order picking system.

Sturtevant, Inc. appointed
Sam Rajkovich to the position of
director of sales and marketing, where he will also play
a key role in expanding and supporting the
company's sales representative organization.

More
Industry News

USDA
reports 14.9 percent of American
households are food
insecure
The 2011 numbers are the
highest since 1995. The report found the percentage
of US households that were food insecure remained
unchanged from 2010 to 2011 while the percentage with
severe food insecurity increased.

Agflation
to drive food prices up 15
percent
Skyrocketing agricultural
commodity prices are causing the world to re-enter a
period of "agflation" with food prices forecast to reach
record highs in 2013 and continuing to rise well into
the third quarter of 2013. Poorer consumers will switch
protein sources from meats back to staple grains.

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downtime. Newer presses offer a lightweight
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