Two beverage companies are doing their part to decrease the amount of petroleum used in the making of their bottles-one by substituting a portion of plant-based resin for petroleum-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and the other by using completely recycled material, called rPET.
Imperial Sugar Company (Sugar Land, TX), Sugar Growers and Refiners Inc. (Breaux Bridge, LA) and Cargill completed a joint venture leading to the construction of a new sugar refinery in
Health care costs could put strain on smaller processors Manufacturers are cautioning Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to rethink the direction of the current health care reform debate. The National
Donnie SmithDonnie D. King was named senior group vice president of Tyson’s Poultry and Prepared Foods, replacing Donnie Smith, who was named Tyson’s president and chief executive officer. Noel White
Roxarsone molecule. To minimize human exposure, arsenic may be banned in animal feedThe Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) filed a
Climate change law reformFood industry lobbyists have joined other business groups lining up against draft climate change legislation under consideration in the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee. The groups
NOW Foods is completing the expansion of its 250,000 sq.-ft. Bloomingdale, IL, GMP-certified manufacturing facility. The expansion includes enlargement of the lab to handle more complex testing and the ability
John O. Stewart, chief financial officer of Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc., will retire at the end of March 2010.James E. Hurley, president and CEO of Vegetable Juices Inc., was
"Wait until it breaks" not a good maintenance strategyWhile many food and beverage processors may adopt a “wait until it breaks” maintenance philosophy, creating a successful maintenance strategy helps prevent
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