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Better freezer design heats up pizza production

A new freezing system gives a gluten-free pizza producer an efficiency boost.

January 12, 2018

A double-drum spiral freezer from Food Process Solutions increased production capacity without needing additional floor space.

Starfrost Glacier Spiral freezing system

Field Reports

Meat manufacturer optimizes hygienic performance

Blakeman & Co upgrades its processing line with a spiral freezer.

January 12, 2018

A Starfrost Glacier Spiral freezing system has helped James T. Blakeman & Co. increase the capacity of its aging production systems.

How a warehouse execution system assists with recalls

Don’t rely on an ERP system to manage all aspects of your warehouse—not if you need real-time connectivity.

Wayne Labs

January 8, 2018

A dedicated warehouse management system can not only manage recalls, but it can also manage a fully automated warehouse automation system.

FDA announces ‘enforcement discretion’ for specific FSMA regulations

Although FDA has temporarily relaxed some specific rules, processors are not necessarily off the hook, and may want to contact their food safety consultants.

Wayne Labs

January 8, 2018

The FDA intends to exercise enforcement discretion for certain provisions in four of the FSMA rules until it can work out issues presented in feedback from several entities or stakeholders, especially farms, packing facilities and importers.

Automation Series

How the Industrial Internet of Things is affecting food processing

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) offers capabilities many manufacturers don’t have now, and it can do it securely and cost effectively.

Wayne Labs

January 8, 2018

A good way to think of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is as an ever-expanding toolset to improve your operations.

CPU security vulnerabilities pose broad-spectrum issues

Meltdown and Spectre side-channel vulnerabilities threaten most computer microprocessors and operating systems—including portable devices, and potentially industrial control systems exposed to the Internet.

Wayne Labs

January 7, 2018

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) reports several CPU hardware implementations are vulnerable to side-channel attacks, being referred to as Meltdown and Spectre (also KAISER and KPTI).

Packaging

StackTek expands into baby food

Single-serve PET containers snap together to form a ‘stack,’ creating single-serve portions, each individually sealed in BPA-free, reusable containers.

Crystal Lindell

January 5, 2018

StackTek may be best known for its applications in the wine industry, but now it’s making its way into the baby food market.

Editor's Note

Food Engineering has a new design, but the same great information

Our new design goes hand in hand with what we are seeing in the industry: If you aren't willing to change, you'll get left behind.

Debra Schug

January 5, 2018

Companies can often get complacent on innovating.

Dry Processing

Van der Graaf drives help Taylor Farms reduce failures

Plant achieves better sanitary results and more reliable production

Casey Laughman

December 22, 2017

After switching to Van der Graaf drives, Taylor Farms has seen decrease in failures and improved sanitation.

Engineering R&D

Food-grade lubricants may require less frequent changes than previously thought

Give the maintenance staff a break and change the oil in air compressors less often

Wayne Labs

December 20, 2017

Testing methods for food-grade lubricants have improved to predict and determine more accurately the actual lifetime of a compressor oil change—which may be better than previously expected.

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.