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Volume 8 • Number 22 • November 29,
2012

PROCESSING

PACKAGING

SUSTAINABILITY

INNOVATION

FOOD
MASTER

Manufacturing
News

As
Hostess closes, plenty of blame to go
around
It's final. Hostess Brands was
given the official OK to close operations, but there has
been a lot of finger pointing as to whom is responsible
for the company's failure.

Americans
say food production headed in the right
direction
But, with a few
qualifications. Many people feel that farmers and
producers could provide better communication about how
food is grown and raised.

Canada
sees deterioration in processed food trade
balance
Canada's deficit in worldwide
processed food trade reached $6.3 billion in 2011, but
$1.3 billion of it is due to an unfavorable trade
balance with Mexico and the US.

Automation
News

Fresh
juice processor automates pasteurization with
non-thermal processing
Hoogesteger BV
wanted to extend the 1-week shelf life of its
unpasteurized freshly squeezed juices. A continuous PEF
process extended the shelf life to 21 days.

Automating
food production in the future
New food
processes will create new products with novel and
sometimes strange ingredients, keeping future
populations from starving.

Complexity
of systems, shortage of engineers spells
trouble
With increasing software
complexity and engineers retiring from the workforce,
processors are faced with finding qualified people
outside their walls.

Food Safety
News

Special
metal-detectable plastic tools for food
processors
If you use plastic tools that
come in contact with food, the tools should contain a
metallic component that is detectable by metal detection
and x-ray systems.

FDA
oversight on food imports should leverage other
countries' resources
Unless it gets
help from other countries, FDA's enforcing of FSMA
import regulations will not be an easy or inexpensive
task.

Canadian
government updates 50-year-old food safety
laws
Health Canada's 50-year old rules
for regulating food additives and improving food safety
have been updated, shortening the time for additives to
be approved.

Industry
News

What's
in a label?
Labeling should create a
readily identifiable product image where the consumer
says, Yes!

Green
Series: Good to the Last BTU
Energy
recovery systems keep giving back.

Processor
uses VFFS to meet changing customer
demands
Low maintenance equipment
delivers increased speed and uptime.

Engineering
R&D: Shear waves in
filtration
Filtration is playing a
growing role in the food industry, provided
manufacturers can keep membranes clean.

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