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Georgia Institute of Technology launches outreach initiative for food processors

The Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership will offer training in food safety, workforce development, among other things.

Crystal Lindell

August 30, 2017

“Food processing comprises many different products and sizes of manufacturers and it is important to assure their viability and growth,” says GaMEP Director Karen Fite.

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FDA: Education is the key to getting on track with FSMA

Companies and FDA inspectors both still learning FSMA

December 13, 2016

Small business and very small business see FSMA compliance dates coming soon.

Employee Engagement

Finding operational success via employee engagement

Employee satisfaction is paramount to maintaining a committed workforce, but an engaged employee—one who is enthusiastic about his or her work and furthers the company’s interests—is key to unlocking excellence.

Jeremy Gerrard

August 4, 2016

For the food and beverage industry, attracting a skilled workforce has never been as important as now. It’s also never been as expensive.

OpX Leadership Network Ideation to Adoption

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OpX Leadership Network finds new solutions

May 24, 2016

Founded by PMMI in 2011 as the Alliance for Innovation and Operational Excellence (AIOE), the OpX Leadership Network has been working overtime to create new solutions groups tasked with giving CPGs the tools they need to fine-tune and improve their businesses.

USDA issues second RFP for bird flu vaccine

USDA funds food safety training, outreach and technical assistance

Jeremy Gerrard

April 19, 2016

USDA announced the availability of $4.7 million in grants for food safety education, training and technical assistance projects.

Plant of the Year

Food Plant of the Year 2016: SugarCreek brings home more than the bacon

Though SugarCreek started out as a bacon processor, its newest high-tech plant is poised for growth as consumers demand more sophisticated RTE food products.

Wayne Labs

April 8, 2016

Yes, bacon has lately become a trend or fad, leaping its way out of the breakfast frying pan into food creations where it would have seemed an unlikely ingredient just a few years ago.

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National certification program for food industry

November 17, 2015

In the US, 3.5 million middle-skill jobs go begging—jobs that don’t require a four-year college degree, but often do require hands-on OJT and/or a two-year associate’s degree, said Scott Scriven at the recent PROCESS EXPO in Chicago.

How the FIT Development Program can keep technicians in the food and beverage industry

November 2, 2015

In this video, Gerald Lessard, Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of West Liberty Foods, discusses the major challenges of retaining technicians and how the FIT Program can help enhance plant productivity as well as keep technicians in the food and beverage industry throughout their careers.

Megan Cherry, Tyson Foods, at Process Expo 2015

Tyson Foods participates in new FIT Program for service technicians

October 27, 2015

Tyson Foods has been on the board of directors for the Food Processing Education Consortium for more than a year and played a crucial role in the creation and implementation of the curriculum of the Food Industry Technician (FIT) Certification program.

Spanish technical seminar on efficiency, poultry handling workshop to be held at IPPE 2016

Jeremy Gerrard

October 19, 2015

The 2016 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE), held January 26-28 in Atlanta, will host a Poultry Handling and Transportation “Train the Trainer” workshop and the second annual Technical Seminar for Maximizing the Efficiency of the Poultry industry.