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Volume 8 • Number 21 • November 15,
2012

PROCESSING

PACKAGING

SUSTAINABILITY

INNOVATION

FOOD
MASTER

Manufacturing
News

Prop
37 goes down swinging in California
election
If Prop 37 had passed, some
food and beverage processors would have been required to
label genetically engineered ingredients.

Campbell
Soup to create Ohio’s first commercial biogas power
plant
Already with a 9.8 Megawatt solar
array, Campbell Soup Company will convert its
food waste and other local recycled waste to
electricity.

Adapting
the supply chain for tomorrow’s food
security
Increases in the number of
worldwide middle-class consumers and decreases in the
number of companies in the supply chain complicate
worldwide food security.

Food Engineering Exclusives

Peanut
butter recall déjà vu
The recent
Salmonella Bredeney outbreak has sickened a total of 35
people in 19 states.

Sustainable
Plant of the Year: Stahlbush Island Farms—A model of
self-sufficiency
A biogas system has
transformed Stahlbush Island Farms into a carbon
negative operation.

Automated
systems enhance hand and boot
hygiene
Hand and boot washing plays a
key role in improving food safety.

Tech
Update: Power Transmission Equipment—Increasing
uptime
The key to long life and less
energy usage is proper
maintenance.

People,
Plants and Industry
News

DuPont Packaging announced a call
for entries in the 25th DuPont Awards for
Packaging Innovation, the industry’s
longest-running, independently judged competition. Entry
forms and guidelines are available at
www.packaging.dupont.com.

A M King Construction promoted
Jon Miller from preconstruction to
business development manager of regional industrial
projects.

Provisur Technologies appointed
Brian Perkins as its new vice president
of global product management.

Dixon, a worldwide manufacturer and
supplier of hose fittings and accessories, acquired
Eagle America, Inc.

More
Industry News

Don’t depend
on e-commerce sites
for accurate product
information
While a processor’s product
label may provide plenty of nutritional and allergy
information, that information often doesn’t find its way
to consumer web sites. Processors need to work with
e-commerce
retailers.

Traceability
systems needed to increase
trust in food
safety
A new study from Canada’s
Conference Board says one step forward and one step
backward in the supply chain is a simple, robust and
cost-effective method of traceability. Additional
traceability depth is unnecessary and
expensive.

Food
Engineering  White
Papers

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operations searching for ways to boost
productivity and efficiency. Improved belt
splicing technology offers new opportunities to
take control of resources and minimize conveyor
downtime. Newer presses offer a lightweight
design, faster cycle time, and fewer external
components.

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