People & Industry News People and Industry News: March 2016 March 10, 2016 Announcements about new hires, staff promotions, association news, awards, mergers and acquisitions.Read More
Study: Packaging innovations help sell foods and beverages March 9, 2016 Dramatic changes in demographics, lifestyles, and eating patterns of consumers are helping drive packaging technology innovations. Read More
Cargill eliminates 20 percent of shared-class antibiotics used for beef cattle March 9, 2016 Cargill announced it is eliminating 20 percent of shared-class antibiotics from its four feed yards in Texas, Kansas and Colorado, and four additional feed yards operated by Friona Industries. Read More
General Mills to double organic acreage to meet product demand Jeremy Gerrard March 9, 2016 General Mills says it is committed to doubling its organic acreage, meeting a goal of 250,000 acres by 2019. Read More
COOL requirements for meat officially repealed Jeremy Gerrard March 8, 2016 USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is issuing a final rule amending the Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) regulations. Read More
Smucker announces leadership changes Jeremy Gerrard March 8, 2016 The J.M. Smucker Company is implementing a new leadership transition plan that names Mark T. Smucker as CEO, replacing his uncle Richard K. Smucker. Read More
ISA Automation conference to highlight challenges in food industry Jeremy Gerrard March 8, 2016 The 2016 ISA Food and Pharmaceutical Industries (FPID) Symposium will be held March 14-15 in Cork, Ireland.Read More
Food safety alert: Chicken nuggets recalled for possible metal contamination Jeremy Gerrard March 8, 2016 USDA has issued a health alert to notify the public of a recall involving approximately 103, 752 pounds of chicken nugget products. Read More
Delaware cheese manufacturer tied to Listeria outbreak fined $100K Jeremy Gerrard March 7, 2016 A federal judge ordered Delaware-based Roos Foods Inc. to pay $100,000 for its role as the source of a 2014 Listeria outbreak.Read More
USDA issues report on Indiana bird flu Jeremy Gerrard March 7, 2016 APHIS released a preliminary epidemiology report for the highly pathogenic avian influenza and low pathogenic avian influenza cases in Indiana. Read More
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