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Advance Food Company held a grand opening celebration for its new $84 million, 223,000 sq.-ft. production facility in Enid, OK.

While it might seem that OSHA has lagged in coming up with dust explosion standards for industries other than grain (see Food Engineering June 2008), the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has declared that its NFPA 68 Standard on Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting is now a “standard” rather than a “guideline.”

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FMC Technologies, Inc. completed the spin-off of its FoodTech and Airport Systems businesses into a publicly traded company named John Bean Technologies Corporation (JBT).

Now that Congress has overhauled the Consumer Product Safety Commission, lawmakers have turned their attention to the Food and Drug Administration.

Kraft Pizza Company, maker of DiGiorno frozen pizza, broke ground for the expansion of its 401 West North West Avenue manufacturing plant in Little Chute, WI.

The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) has stepped up worksite enforcement in target-rich environments like the food and beverage industries. 

Campbell Soup Company acquired the Wolfgang Puck soup business from Country Gourmet Foods.