Food and Beverage Manufacturing Top Stories

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The Top 10 stories of 2016

From our Food Plant of the Year to allowing cell phones on the plant floor, look back on our Top 10 Stories from 2016!

December 22, 2016

From water quality to our exclusive list of the Top 100 Food and Beverage companies, these were Food Engineering's Top 10 stories of 2016.

Plant Maintenance

Best practices in plant maintenance and safety improve operational efficiency

ProFood Tech offers insights and solutions to minimize risk, prevent worker injuries and reduce costs

Maria Ferrante

December 21, 2016

Plant safety is critical to productivity. Proper plant maintenance plays a significant role in reducing unscheduled downtime and improving safety.

Food Automation and Manufacturing Conference

2017 FA&M speaker line up announced

This year's theme is The Future of Food Manufacturing

Debra Schug

December 21, 2016

Food Engineering’s 2017 Food Automation and Manufacturing Conference agenda has been finalized. The theme for this year is The Future of Food Manufacturing.

Plant of the Year

Plant of the Year and Sustainable Plant of the Year winners announced

Food Engineering recognizes two outstanding plants

Debra Schug

December 21, 2016

Food Engineering’s 2017 Plant of the Year goes to Abbott Nutrition.

TECH FLASH

Williams-Sonoma recalls Lemon Poppy Seed bread mix

Ingredient may contain Salmonella

Casey Laughman

December 21, 2016

Williams-Sonoma has announced a voluntary recall of limited quantities of Meyer Lemon Poppy Seed Quick Bread mix due to potential Salmonella contamination.

TECH FLASH

Snyder of Berlin recalls Buffalo Blue Kettle Potato Chips

Ingredient may contain Salmonella

Casey Laughman

December 21, 2016

Snyder of Berlin has recalled Buffalo Blue Kettle Cooked Potato Chips after being informed by a supplier that a milk powder used as an ingredient may contain Salmonella.

Tech Update: PLCs & PACs

PLCs and PACs: Know when and where to use them

Programmable logic controllers have been around for decades, and programmable automation controllers for not quite so long, but each has its special role in the manufacturing hierarchy.

Wayne Labs

December 20, 2016

A look at things to consider when determining how much technology you need to solve an automation problem.

TECH FLASH

Consumers more educated on GMOs, still concerned

NPD Group report shows few are aware of new federal GMO labeling law

Crystal Lindell

December 15, 2016

U.S. consumers are now more informed about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the benefits of their use in producing food, but many still have concerns about them.

Dry Processing Technology

SaltWorks streamlines its salt separating

Installing new equipment helped one salt supplier meet its food safety and efficiency goals.

December 15, 2016

SaltWorks needed a uniform method of sizing and de-dusting salt.

TECH FLASH

Sabra Dipping Co. speaks about its recent recall

Company also talks about product innovations, non-GMO products, moving into breakfast

Debra Schug

December 14, 2016

In the test kitchen at Sabra’s Center of Excellence, Sabra Executive Chef Mary Dawn Wright spends a lot of time thinking about, looking at, tasting and researching the ingredients for hummus—chickpeas and tahini, a paste made from sesame seeds. Wright, who is a classically trained chef, now describes herself as an international expert on chickpeas and tahini.