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Plant Openings

Plant Openings & Expansions: June 2020

June 10, 2020

Announcements about new food and beverage plant construction projects, plant renovations and plant expansions.

COVID-19

NiceLabel launches remote support program for organizations fighting COVID-19 pandemic

Casey Laughman

June 9, 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced processors, customers and vendors to adapt quickly to a new way of working and buying. As just one example, NiceLabel has launched a program that offers free subscriptions to its cloud-based labeling and technical services to assist organizations that are involved in fighting or supporting those who are fighting the pandemic.

Manufacturing News

The ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the food industry and its supply chains

Wayne Labs

June 8, 2020

FE spoke with a few experts from the A&E/C community to get a wide-angle view of some of the key issues affecting food processors and their supply chains.

Packaging

Bioplastic packaging ripe for innovation

Compostable, biodegradable packaging still in early stages of adoption

Rose Shilling

June 8, 2020

Bioplastic packaging remains in the early development stage with no dominant companies, a new analysis finds.

COVID-19

FDA allows ingredient swaps without label changes, upsetting some with allergies

Plus, vending machines can temporarily skip posting calorie counts

Rose Shilling

June 4, 2020

Hundreds of people with food allergies or sensitivities in their families are speaking out against the FDA’s latest move to loosen food labeling rules during the pandemic.

Food Safety

Conagra recalls more Healthy Choice bowls that may contain small rocks

Frozen meals went to retailers across U.S.

Rose Shilling

June 2, 2020

Conagra Brands Inc. expanded a recall of Healthy Choice bowls after more complaints about small rocks in the frozen meals, withdrawing about 275,000 pounds of product in this round.

COVID-19

Coca-Cola bottlers produce millions of COVID-19 test tubes

Plastic preforms used for bottles are just the right shape for test kit swabs

Rose Shilling

June 1, 2020

A federal lab helping scale up production of COVID-19 test tubes found a solution in the beverage industry: the plastic used for Coca-Cola bottles.

Refrigeration systems

No spiral freezer should be an island of automation

Integrating a spiral freezer with process and refrigeration controls increases efficiency, speeds production and saves energy

Ivy Arkfeld

May 27, 2020

Spiral freezers are often run "full-throttle" but they don't have to be.

Sharon Spielman

May 21, 2020

In an update released by the FDA, the agency has published the findings of an investigation into the contamination of romaine lettuce implicated in three outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 during Fall 2019.

CBD Edibles

Watermelon CBD oil recalled for high lead test

Florida officials tested random sample of the oil that people swallow for pain or anxiety

Rose Shilling

May 15, 2020

Summitt Labs recalled a batch of Kore Organic Watermelon CBD Oil Tincture because a test found high lead levels in the product that you swallow for stress, pain or other issues.

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.