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Food Safety

How to manage recalls

New tools help processors manage recall processes

June 8, 2018

As new regulations have led to increased food recalls, companies work to digitize their food safety systems, hoping they will help make it easier to track their products.

Plant Construction Survey

2018 Plant Construction Survey: Rising Rate of Food & Beverage Plant Renovations/Expansions

Many food & beverage processors are renovating/expanding their existing plants to meet FSMA and consumer demands.

Wayne Labs

June 8, 2018

Food Engineering's 41st annual Plant Construction Survey reveals that the ratio of the number of plant renovations and expansions versus new, greenfield projects has again risen from last year, indicating several owners and operators are trying to stay put.

Cold Chain

Internet protocols make the refrigerated supply chain more efficient

Initiative aims to move refrigerated foods through the supply chain more efficiently to reduce spoilage

Wayne Labs

June 6, 2018

Just as the Internet makes use of hardware to relay data via the best routes regardless of who owns the hardware, a new “Physical Internet” for the Cold Chain (aka Cold PI) initiative is being developed by Tippmann Innovation (Ti) and Georgia Tech’s Supply Chain and Logistics Institute and the Physical Internet Center.

Romaine Lettuce

Marler Clark files lawsuits over romaine E. coli outbreak

Firm hopes to force the disclosure of where in the chain of distribution the contamination occurred.

Crystal Lindell

June 3, 2018

The firm says it is filing the lawsuits against the place of purchase of the contamination of the romaine to force the disclosure of where in the chain of distribution the contamination occurred.

Packaging

Marie’s salad dressing loses its famous glass jar for plastic

Ring Container Technologies collaborated with with Ventura Foods on new bottle for Marie’s Refrigerated Salad Dressing.

Crystal Lindell

June 3, 2018

After years of being in its famous glass jar, Marie’s Refrigerated Salad Dressing now comes in a plastic bottle.

Walmart, IBM and the Romaine Blockchain

What food processors and the entire supply chain should be doing to make our food safe

Wayne Labs

June 1, 2018

Food Engineering features some thoughts on the recent Romaine lettuce contamination by Aaron Cohen, co-founder of CoInspect and adjunct professor at New York University where he teaches the History of Internet Media. FE conducted an exclusive, one-on-one interview with Cohen, immediately following Cohen’s text.

Plant Construction

Arca Continental to build new Coca-Cola bottling facility in Houston

Plant will be first Coca-Cola production facility built in the U.S. in a decade

Casey Laughman

May 31, 2018

Arca Continental has announced that its Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages subsidiary will build a new production and distribution plant in Houston.

Food Safety Summit

Mock norovirus outbreak at Food Safety Summit infects 374 people

NoroCORE ran a button experiment during the summit, simulating a norovirus outbreak and tracked the results.

Crystal Lindell

May 31, 2018

The first outbreak started at the evening reception when the exhibit hall opened, and its Patient Zero was Chip Manuel from Diversey, which ended up infecting 202 people in total.

FSMA

Why Documentation is Vital to FSMA Compliance

With FDA inspections underway, you’ll want to be sure your plant is following rules and regulations.

Dr. Elis Owens

May 31, 2018

Nearly as important as doing the right things is documenting the who, what, when and where of your food safety processes.

Engineering R&D

Voltage tester offers proof that power is really off

Satisfying NFPA 70E, this built-in absence-of-voltage tester confirms the power is off before the technician opens the cabinet door.

Wayne Labs

May 31, 2018

Seeing the need for a safe way to verify the absence of voltage in equipment, Panduit business development manager Rachul Bulgaris invented the VeriSafe AVT.

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.