Process and packaging technology supplier Bosch Packaging Technology announced plans to acquire the Georgia-based Kliklok-Woodman Corporation, a manufacturer of packaging machinery for the food industry.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has extended the deadline for submitting comments on the proposed rule that clarifies an employer's continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness.
A federal judge sentenced former peanut industry executive Stewart Parnell to 28 years in prison Monday for his role in a 2008-2009 Salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 700 and was blamed for nine deaths, USA Today reported.
Following a 5-year audit, the Internal Revenue Service notified the Coca-Cola Company that it owes an additional $3.3 billion in federal taxes plus interest for the period of 2007-2009, the company announced last week.
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) awarded 109 diary company operations with IDFA Diary Industry Safety Recognition Awards and Achievement Certificates.
Morton Salt, Inc. announced this week it will stop all packaging and warehousing operations at its Elston Avenue facility in Chicago by the end of October, ending more than 85 years of operations at the site.
The world’s largest brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev NV announced Wednesday it is considering a takeover of rival SABMiller plc and has approached the company about this possibility. No bid or offer has been made.
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and EPA Deputy Administrator Stan Meiburg announced the first-ever national food waste goal, calling for a 50-percent reduction in waste by 2030.
For today’s US consumers, ancient grains are more popular than ever as these foods continue to play a role in growing food trends such as whole grains, gluten-free, non-GMO and bio-diversity, natural, organic, high fiber, high protein and vegan diets.
President Barack Obama has nominated Dr. Robert Califf, FDA’s deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco—the department’s second highest ranking official—as the new commissioner to lead the agency.