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Associated Milk Producers Inc. has announced a recall of dry whey powder due to the potential for Salmonella contamination.

Land O’Lakes has selected Beth Ford as president and CEO of one of America’s largest food and agricultural cooperatives. Ford will officially take over on August 1, to replace the retiring Chris Policinski.

Former Food Engineering editor Charles Morris Jr. passed away July 12 at the age of 84.

Moving to a web-based CMMS implementation has the potential to save money for companies that are self-hosting the systems internally, but robust security is a necessity.

In Part one of this article, published in the July 2018 issue of Food Engineering, we looked at the costs of reactive maintenance strategies, preventive maintenance (PM), risk-based PM strategies—and whether any form of PM could provide the depth-of-maintenance knowledge as that of a predictive maintenance (PdM) system. In the second part of this article, we’ll look at TPM, integrating CMMS and EAM systems with ERP systems, training and manpower issues and IIoT integration.

Anellotech, a sustainable technology company, has achieved new milestones in its pursuit of a 100-percent bio-based bottle.

The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) has released a report detailing the results of an 18-month long research initiative.

Duke University has banned the use of disposable plastics campus-wide for all Duke Dining locations. Part of The Deliberate Dining Project, the program bans single-use, carry-out plastic bags and disposable plastic food service wear.