Food and Beverage Manufacturing Top Stories - Articles - Page 152

Engineering R&D

AI, IIOT help take the guesswork out of maintenance planning

Artificial intelligence and the Industrial Internet of Things are expanding the power and reach of predictive maintenance.

Wayne Labs

February 23, 2018

Whether a line stoppage at a plant is catastrophic or simply a waste of time, money and resources, everyone agrees that it would be better to know when the drive, motor, gearbox or substation will fail.

How food processors can fight cross-contamination

Processors must have a detailed plan and execute it properly to prevent big problems.

Casey Laughman

February 21, 2018

To prevent cross-contamination in your plant, you have to consider every single step in the chain and do everything you can to ensure that none of the links are weak.

Food Safety Summit

Amazon V.P. to keynote Food Safety Summit

Carletta Ooton, Amazon V.P., to discuss the company's unique business model, using big data to transform food safety.

Crystal Lindell

February 21, 2018

Carletta Ooton will discuss the company's unique business model and how Amazon is transforming food safety through big data and technology.

Product Development

How Smucker deals with FSMA during product development

Chris Cetner, of The J.M. Smucker Co., talks about how the company overcame FSMA-related hurdles to bring its Pillsbury Filled Pastry Bags to market.

Crystal Lindell

February 21, 2018

Taking a package from concept to reality has become a lot more difficult in recent years in large part because of the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Tech Update

How food processors can choose the right floors, doors and ceilings

From floors to doors to ceilings, processors can find the right solutions for their specific needs

Casey Laughman

February 20, 2018

Environmental demands, allergen control, acoustics, cleaning and production needs all help define what you need from floors, doors and ceilings, and shape the evaluation process for identifying and installing the right ones.

Food Safety

Breaded chicken patties recalled due to possible contamination

More than 100,000 pounds of product may be contaminated with rubber

Casey Laughman

February 19, 2018

Waco, Texas-based Pilgrim's Pride Corp. has recalled more than 100,000 pounds of ready-to-eat breaded chicken patties that may be contaminated with rubber.

Intellectual Property

King's Hawaiian settles lawsuit over sweet roll packaging

Lawsuit alleged infringement of intellectual property rights

Casey Laughman

February 16, 2018

King's Hawaiian has announced that it has settled a lawsuit over packaging that the company claimed infringed on its intellectual property rights.

The impact of Peanut Corporation of America's criminal convictions

The sentences doled out to the company execs are the largest in any food safety case on record.

Debra Schug

February 16, 2018

Why food and beverage companies and executives should ensure that food safety is a part of their corporate culture.

Food Packaging

Sidel partners with Coca-Cola to create new Fanta bottle

Crystal Lindell

February 16, 2018

To make the Fanta Splash's bottle shape stand out in the market, Coca-Cola worked with Sidel and the Drink Works design agency to create a new proprietary packaging shape.

Food Packaging

Dolco launches custom trays for meat and poultry processors

Crystal Lindell

February 16, 2018

Dolco Packaging has released custom-designed trays that can help meat and poultry processors draw attention to the unique attributes of their products.