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Food Safety

Harvest Food Group recalls misbranded chicken fried rice

Labels did not declare that the products contain milk, an allergen for some people

January 28, 2019

Harvest Food Group Inc. is recalling about 47,000 pounds of frozen Yumnum chicken fried rice because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the USDA announced.

Plant Openings

Plant Openings: January 2019

January 21, 2019

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

Industry News

EDEKA Nord expands logistics center

Expansion includes two new case order machines

January 18, 2019

German grocery wholesaler EDEKA Nord has added two new WITRON case order machines as part of an expansion of its logistic center.

Industry news

Perdue recalls frozen chicken nuggets possibly contaminated with wood particles

Several consumers complained about finding wood in the gluten-free nuggets

Rose Shilling

January 18, 2019

Perdue Foods announced a recall of about 68,000 pounds of chicken nuggets that might contain wood particles.

Regulatory Watch

FDA announces meetings for draft guidance for produce

Sharon Spielman

January 18, 2019

The FDA will hold four public meetings to discuss “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption: Draft Guidance for Industry.”

Regulatory Watch

USDA announces NOSB meeting

Sharon Spielman

January 18, 2019

The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has announced an in-person meeting of the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB).

Koenig & Bauer RotaJET 168 inkjet printing press

Packaging

Tetra Pak adding full-color digital printing for beverage cartons

The investment will offer customers more customization, smaller batches

Rose Shilling

January 16, 2019

Tetra Pak will start offering full-color digital printing on beverage cartons, which will reduce design-to-print time and allow a variety of designs in one order.

2018 Rockwell Automation Fair Food and Beverage Forum

Manufacturing News

Food and Beverage Companies Share Their Approaches to Digitalization

Wayne Labs

January 16, 2019

Three major food/beverage companies described their “digital transformations” at the Rockwell Automation Fair Food & Beverage Forum.

Food Packaging

High Pressure Certified Seal Now Being Used on Foods

Logo expands from juices to guacamole; more products to follow

Rose Shilling

January 14, 2019

Good Foods guacamole and other dips are the first foods beyond beverages approved to advertise on the package that they’re made using high pressure processing (HPP).

People & Industry News