Raw sugar imports to increase USDA has announced plans to allow more sugar imports for the current fiscal year, addressing a tightening of supplies that could pose problems for some
ConAgra Foods, Inc. acquired Elan Nutrition, a privately held formulator and manufacturer of snack and nutrition bars based in Grand Rapids, MI.The National Center for Food Safety and Technology at
A good place to start in making systems more energy efficient is to install new heat exchangers (background) that are often more than 90% efficient. Source: Xcel Energy. Natural gas
Source: Walmart. Walmart Stores Inc. adding level to already strict beef safety measuresBentonville, AR-based Walmart Stores Inc. announced recently that it will implement additional beef safety measures designed to further
With help from Cargill, Bettencourt Dairy’s B6 farm installed a digester/generation system, which will generate between 1 and 1.3 million kilowatt hours per month. Source: Mark Luinenberg, photographer.According to the
Foremost Farms is spending $47.2 million to expand its mozzarella cheese production plant in Appleton, WI. The project, which will increase the plant from 140,000 to 153,000 sq.-ft., is expected
John KowalDel Monte Foods Co. appointed Larry Bodner to executive vice president, finance, and David Allen to executive vice president, operations.John Kowal, a longstanding OMAC member and market development manager
Old building acquires new gold LEED certificationPepsiCo’s Frito-Lay Topeka, KS, facility was awarded the LEED Gold under the Existing Buildings (EB) certification from the US Green Building Council. LEED is
FDA issues ‘Import Alert' for labeling violationsThe US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) on March 9 issued Import Alert #99-20, “Detention Without Physical Examination (DWPE) of Imported Food Products Due
A new study authored by former FDA economist Robert L. Scharff estimates the total economic impact of foodborne illness in the US to be $152 billion annually.
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