Food and Beverage Manufacturing Top Stories

Food Safety

How to handle notifying the public about recalls

Experts from the CDC, USDA and others debate how much information should be shared with the public during recalls and outbreaks

Crystal Lindell

August 20, 2018

During the recent romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak, the CDC web-site page for E. Coli got 2 million page views. The month before that, it had gotten just 125,000.

Food Safety

How Amazon handles food safety, recalls

Amazon VP Careltt Ooton explains how the company uses Natural Language Processing to scan customer feedback and constantly monitor for food safety issues

Crystal Lindell

August 17, 2018

Amazon aggregates more than 16 million pieces of customer feedback per week, in more than 40 languages.

Sustainability

Better processing to reduce food waste streams

Processors can uncover hidden value in recovering waste

Dvijal Patel

August 13, 2018

The world faces a food waste epidemic. Approximately one-third of the food supply produced for human consumption worldwide is lost or wasted.

Packaging

Making a case for aluminum trays in ready meal manufacturing

Some aluminum trays are microwavable and easy to clean to meet recycling requirements

Wayne Labs

August 6, 2018

When you buy an RTE meal today, most often it’s not in an aluminum tray. If you’re conscientious about recycling, you probably think, "here’s another unrecyclable piece of plastic"— because once you heat it in the microwave, you can’t clean the tray well enough to recycle it. What’s the solution? Well, there’s the old standby—aluminum.

Seaboard Triumph Foods' Sioux City facility

Fabulous Food Plants

Food quality, employee safety reign supreme at Seaboard Triumph Foods

This Fab Food Plant began operations in September, 2017 with a fully staﬀed ﬁrst shift, processing 10,500 hogs per day

Wayne Labs

August 3, 2018

There is not a single aspect of the Seaboard Triumph Foods pork processing facility in Sioux City, Iowa, that does not pay attention to detail.

Sensing technology

Wireless sensors help prevent critical line stoppages

Wireless sensors mount on a motor and send data to the cloud or plant network for analytics

Wayne Labs

August 3, 2018

It is estimated that electric motors account for 45 per cent of global electricity demand. That’s not surprising when you consider that they’re used to drive everything from pumps and fans to compressors in industries as varied as industrial, commercial, agricultural and transport.

Automation Series

How to get the most out of sensors

Processors can get more out of sensing technology than ever, but only if they do their due diligence.

Casey Laughman

August 1, 2018

Sensors can help ensure that automated processes are working correctly, provide feedback on production and improve quality control efforts. But food processors have to be sure that they understand what they need to do to get the most out of their sensing technology.

Food Safety

Whey powder recalled due to potential Salmonella contamination

Whey powder distributed nationwide to manufacturers

Casey Laughman

July 30, 2018

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

Industry News

Land O’Lakes, Inc. names Beth Ford president and CEO

Ford takes over for the retiring Chris Policinski

Wayne Labs

July 30, 2018

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.