Food and Beverage Manufacturing Top Stories

Processing and Packaging

Thermal processing equipment is saving energy, product and money

Today's canning equipment is designed to get thermal products just right.

Wayne Labs

September 26, 2016

Pouch-based cooking systems can cook the food right in the bag, sealing in flavor and keeping the product tender.

Manufacturing News

Where the gaps lie in food safety training

Many food companies aren't getting all they can out of their food safety training efforts

September 23, 2016

Study reveals that 75 percent of managers felts that employees would be more productive if their food safety program was more consistently applied.

Blue Bell recalls some ice cream over Listeria scare

Jeremy Gerrard

September 22, 2016

Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries has voluntarily recalled select ice cream products manufactured at its Sylacauga, AL plant after discovering pieces of chocolate chip cookie dough provided by a third-party supplier could potentially be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Chobani selects six start-ups for inaugural Food Incubator class

Jeremy Gerrard

September 20, 2016

Six food start-ups from across the country were selected as the inaugural class of the Chobani Food Incubator program, the company announced Tuesday.

Kellogg recalls Eggo waffles over listeria concerns

Jeremy Gerrard

September 20, 2016

Approximately 10,000 cases of Kellogg’s Eggo Nutri-Grain Whole Wheat Waffles in 25 states are being voluntarily recalled.

JBT to acquire Cooling and Applied Technologies, Inc.

Jeremy Gerrard

September 20, 2016

Food processing equipment supplier JBT Corporation announced this week it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of Cooling and Applied Technologies (C.A.T.), Inc. for $90 million.

Destructive food pest found in Philadelphia rice shipment

Jeremy Gerrard

September 20, 2016

Agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) found live Khapra Beetle larvae and a number of dead adult beetles comingled within a shipment of rice from Saudi Arabia in Philadelphia earlier this month.

Meat, poultry groups urge USDA to allow public comment on six-year-old rule

September 20, 2016

A number of U.S. meat and poultry industry groups have sent a letter to the USDA asking for the government agency to allow public comment if it proceeds with certain portions of a controversial livestock and poultry marketing rule originally proposed in 2010 and strongly opposed by meat, poultry, and livestock sectors.

Tech Update: Machine Controls

How suppliers are creating better machine control systems

Today's machines communicate with rest of your plant equipment.

Wayne Labs

September 20, 2016

When something breaks, chances are the machine can tell you exactly where the problem is and how to fix it.

Report: 100 percent juice market to rebound

Jeremy Gerrard

September 19, 2016

Despite the rising concern around sugar and a sluggish global economy, a new study suggests the market for 100 percent juice is headed in the right direction.