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Even when you think you've taken all precautions on cybersecurity, there's always a "gotcha."

Of late, several companies have taken hits on their worldwide IT and Web based systems. Perhaps the most recent, Canon, suffered a global ransomware attack, taking down many Canon websites and systems - also with a threat of making their private business data public. But can these IT/enterprise attacks threaten and/or damage OT systems? And what can they do to food and beverage products? Make them unsafe by altering a critical kill step or omitting preservatives? What else? I asked Barak Pereleman, VP of OT Security at Tenable, what attack vectors may pose danger to OT-based systems.

Food manufacturing businesses must comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)—the biggest food safety reform in seven decades, which affects the way our foods are grown, harvested and processed.

Although the top 5 companies stayed the same, there was extensive movement throughout Food Engineering’s 2020 list of the Top 100 food and beverage companies.

Robots and cobots can help when your food or beverage has workers out sick with COVID-19 or needs to implement social distancing.

Child-resistant packaging plays an important role in preventing young children from accessing cannabis-infused foods and beverages—products that could potentially look appealing to them.

Developers of seasoning systems say they're ready to serve manufacturers seeking to apply cannabis topically and evenly without breaking apart the base product.

Skyrocketing online shopping for pet food is changing significant parts of how manufacturers operate.

Atlas Copco has recently come up with a more durable and effective ceramic desiccant material called Cerades.