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Groundbreaking

Coast Packing Company Breaks Ground on Edible Fats and Oils Refinery in Texas

February 18, 2025

The facility is slated to open in summer 2026, and the project is expected to create 30 jobs initially, with plans to expand to 60 people in the coming years.

diagram of invention for removing toxins from edible fats and oils

Engineering R&D

Removing toxins from edible oils

Wayne Labs

March 20, 2020

Artisan Industries has been awarded a U.S. patent for removing toxins from edible fats and oils.

Blockchain

Blockchain determines provenance, not purity

Blockchain can play an important role in track and trace, but not purity or freshness

Joseph Basile

March 16, 2020

Blockchain technology allows retailers, suppliers and anyone who has access to the software, to have real-time information on a product’s origination and the stops it made along the way before it reaches its destination. However, when it comes to olive oil, blockchain can be useful in determining provenance and delivery path, but not the purity or freshness of the product.

Regulatory Watch

FDA clarifies compliance dates for nutrition initiatives

Partially hydrogenated oils, Nutrition Fact labels, vending machines all face new regulations

December 9, 2016

Summer of 2018 to bring a number of compliance dates for key nutrition initiatives.

Cargill to sell two European oilseed processing facilities to Bunge

August 5, 2016

Cargill agreed to sell two of its oilseed processing plants and businesses in the Netherlands and France to global agribusiness Bunge Limited.

Food industry petitions FDA for use of partially hydrogenated oils

September 10, 2015

In mid June the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final determination that removes partially hydrogenated oils (PHO), the primary source of artificial trans fats in processed food, from the “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) list of human food ingredients.

Cargill to double capacity at Egyptian soybean crush facility

September 2, 2015

Cargill announced it is investing $100 million to double the capacity of its soybean oil crush operation in Borg El Arab, Egypt to meet the increasing demand in the country for soybean meal and vegetable oil.

TECH FLASH

GMA petitions FDA for use of partially hydrogenated oils

GMA argues there is “reasonable certainty of no harm” from consumption of PHOs for the uses and at the levels the association is seeking.

Jeremy Gerrard

August 12, 2015

In June, FDA announced its determination that PHOs are not generally recognized as safe or GRAS for use in human food.

GMA petitions FDA for use of partially-hydrogenated oils

Jeremy Gerrard

August 6, 2015

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today announced it has petitioned FDA to approve specific low-level uses of partially hydrogenated oil (PHOs) in food products.

FDA: Food industry must cut out trans fats

Jeremy Gerrard

June 16, 2015

Taking another step toward removing trans fats in food, FDA said Tuesday it has determined partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the primary dietary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not “generally recognized as safe” or GRAS for use in human food.