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FE August 2021 Plant of the Year: Keurig Dr Pepper Facility. Photos courtesy of Keurig Dr Pepper

Plant of the Year | Just What The Dr Ordered

Keurig Dr Pepper Earns the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year Award

August 2, 2021

Keurig Dr Pepper wins the 2021 Food Engineering Plant of the Year award for its production facility and regional distribution center in Allentown, Pennsylania.

FE August 2021 Xtreme Metal Detector. Photo courtesy Eriez

Dry Processing Technology

Meeting Product Purity Specs with Metal Detection

Berryhill Foods uses Eriez metal detectors to ensure their premium blueberries and raspberries are safe and pure

Sharon Spielman

August 1, 2021

Since the mid-1990s, Berryhill Foods in Fraser Valley, B.C., Canada—with its rich, fertile soil conditions and temperate climate—has been providing premium blueberries and raspberries to a range of customers. Although Berryhill’s customers vary, their exacting standards do not.

Man Loading Produce Boxes into Back of Truck

Editor's Note

Supply chain challenges aren't going away

A look at the State of Food Manufacturing survey reveals some major concerns

Casey Laughman

July 30, 2021

Annual survey shows what's top of mind for processors.

Leadership Lessons from Women in Supply Chain Management

Advice from three industry veterans for women wanting to grow their careers in this always-evolving industry.

Michael Costa

July 27, 2021

Traditionally, one overlooked and underutilized labor pool has been women. The industry has been a male-dominated field for decades, but the need for additional help today has put women in a better situation to start a cold chain career.

Recyclable fresh food to-go packaging extends shelf life

Kristen Kazarian

July 21, 2021

Flexible packaging leader, ProAmpac, is expanding into North America with its Rapid Action Packaging’s (RAP) fresh food to-go packaging portfolio.

Managing construction projects

Capital project management for those lacking on-staff expertise

While some food companies have people who can manage automation and construction projects, processors can also outsource CPM specialists

Wayne Labs

July 20, 2021

While some food and beverage companies have dedicated capital project managers (CPMs) to see construction and automation projects through even at multiple sites around the world, many companies are left wanting a CPM on staff to handle their projects.

Compostable film created for shrink applications

Kristen Kazarian

July 20, 2021

EcoCortec®, part of Cortec® Corporation, is pleased to announce the official release of EcoShrink™ Compostable Film, a commercially compostable alternative to common plastic shrink wraps for use in industrial packaging applications.

Food Packaging

Pet food co-packer uses Tetra Pak cartons for packaging

Kristen Kazarian

July 20, 2021

NaturPak Pet is the first co-packer in the U.S. that is producing and packaging pet food in Tetra Recart® cartons, by Tetra Pak.

Fine tune your production with OEE

Wayne Labs

July 16, 2021

Does OEE hold its own in being the only KPI you should be using? How should you apply OEE? What data should you use to determine OEE? How useful is it, really?

Regulatory Watch

FDA’s traceability challenge closes July 30

The FDA has launched a challenge to spur the development of affordable, tech-enabled traceability tools for human and animal foods.

July 9, 2021

The FDA has launched a challenge to spur the development of affordable, tech-enabled traceability tools for human and animal foods.

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

On Demand Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.