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Food safety was the clear focus in August’s nationwide egg recall, but the incident also highlights the need for strict control of packaging materials.

Not too many beer drinkers approach 16 ozs. of malt in installments, though that’s certainly an option with the Silver Bullet aluminum pint bottle from MillerCoors.

Food safety concerns require effective and shorter cleaning times. As a result, CIP components must withstand higher temperatures and harsher chemicals.

A decade after a Canadian firm developed a process to recover high-quality protein from a byproduct of vegetable-oil extraction, regulatory obstacles to commercialization have been overcome.

Perhaps our industry’s time and money would be better spent on lean manufacturing, food safety and nutritional enhancements and less on line changeovers, special in-store displays and rainbow pallets.

There’s no shortage of packaging equipment innovation, though the gap between technical development and implementation often is measured in decades.

In an environment with caustic washdowns, it takes a special kind of lockout/tagout card to provide lasting safety warnings.

Flexible screw conveyors save maintenance and sanitation costs for peanut processor.

Locking out oxygen is one of the primary functions of food and beverage packaging, but ongoing research suggests oxygen levels for shelf-stable foods are so high, the likelihood of delivering a quality product is remote, regardless of the package used.

It ain’t easy being natural, at least when it comes to delivering baked goods without preservatives.