Food and Beverage Manufacturing Top Stories - Articles - Page 147

Study: 'Healthy' diets lead to more food waste

Research published in Plos One shows that those who eat more fruits and vegetables tend to cause more food waste.

April 22, 2018

The research showed that people who eat more fruits and vegetables tend to cause more food waste because the produce usually spoils sooner.

Recall

CDC warns against all romaine lettuce due to E. coli

Multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections leads to 31 people being hospitalized.

Crystal Lindell

April 22, 2018

The expanded warning is based on information from newly reported illnesses in Alaska and it now includes whole heads and hearts of romaine lettuce, in addition to chopped romaine and salads and salad mixes containing romaine.

conveying sugar from discharger to hopper

Dry Processing

Improved sugar rebagging helps company find sweet success

Bulk bag weigh batch system helps Welcome Food Ingredients improve operating efficiency

Casey Laughman

April 22, 2018

Welcome Food Ingredients, Ltd. required a more efficient system to re-bag granular sugar used to manufacture its sauces, pastes, dressings and dips for food industry customers.

Food Safety

The importance of preventive controls

Preventive controls are a must for processors to meet safety goals

Wayne Labs

April 22, 2018

The idea of preventive controls is not process-centric, but risk based. And its principles are not new concepts.

Field Reports

How a pasta maker has maximized packaging efficiency

Schubert’s TLM technology uses reflected light color scanner to ensure accuracy

Casey Laughman

April 22, 2018

Surgital has been packaging its ravioli products with a Schubert system since 2005. The company is steadily growing and needed a new packaging machine to extend its capacity.

Report reveals recent food recall trends

The ERS conducts the first recall study to use both FDA and FSIS data.

Debra Schug

April 20, 2018

Using data compiled from records of the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service and the US Food and Drug Administration, the ERS reports food product recalls increased significantly from 2004 through 2013; recalls due to undeclared allergens nearly doubled in the decade.

Recall

200 Million eggs recalled due to potential Salmonella

Eggs believed to be cause of outbreak in nine states

Casey Laughman

April 17, 2018

More than 200 million eggs have been recalled after being identified as the possible source of a Salmonella outbreak.

Learn About New Membrane Technologies, Applications, and Solutions at the 2018 Membrane Technology Forum

Gain insights and knowledge about the future of membrane technology

April 17, 2018

The Membrane Technology Forum will take place on June 5-7 at the Marriott City Center in Minneapolis, MN. The Forum, backed by Dairy Foods magazine and American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI), is the premier live event in the commercial membrane and membrane technology sector.

Engineering R&D

Optoelectronic nose can offer new options for checking quality

Based on a handheld reader for colorimetric sensor arrays, the optoelectronic nose can monitor meat freshness or detect fraudulent whiskeys

Wayne Labs

April 16, 2018

Two University of Illinois professors have devised and published methods to monitor the freshness of meat and to identify liquors

Walmart to launch meal kits

How the major retailer’s entrance into the category will affect this rapidly growing food and beverage business sector.

Debra Schug

April 14, 2018

Nielsen data shows that in-store meal kit sales grew 26.5 percent in the past year to $154.6 million. Overall, 9 percent of consumers, about 10.5 million households, have purchased a meal kit either online or in-store over the past six months.