Articles Tagged with ''food processing industry''

Graham, Washington-based Kapowsin Meats has issued a recall for approximately 116,262 pounds of whole hogs that may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The board of directors of the Food Processing Suppliers Association welcomed 70 new members to its community of more than 400 companies this year.

Educational sessions scheduled at PROCESS EXPO 2015 will include representatives from three of Canada’s top schools including the University of Guelph, McGill University and Conestoga College.

Projecting nearly 325,000 combined net square feet of exhibit space, the co-located PROCESS EXPO, International Dairy Show and InterBev Process is shaping up to be the largest in the event’s history.

PACK EXPO owner and organizer PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, has released the preliminary schedule for Innovation Stage at PACK EXPO Las Vegas (Sept. 28–30; Las Vegas Convention Center).

Prices of major food commodities in July dipped to the lowest average monthly rate since September 2009, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The Kellogg Company said in its recent quarterly report that sales of its US Morning Foods segment posted a decline of 2.3 percent, though the company is optimistic about current trends in the cereal business.

Mondelez International will invest more than $130 million to fund the installation of four state-of-the-art manufacturing lines at the company’s Americas production facility in Salinas, Mexico.

The Kellogg Company and more than 1,300 members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Millers (BCTGM) union at Kelloggs’ four ready-to-eat cereal (RTEC) plants announced the ratification of a new 5-year contract.

The North American Meat Institute (NAMI) expressed its support of the Cuba Trade Act of 2015 this week.