Begun in March 2008, expansion work on Uncle Ben’s Greenville, MS plant has been completed. The $10 million project doubles the production of Uncle Ben’s 90-second Ready Rice line. Uncle
While the engineering workforce continues to age, the looming question is who will replace them? According to the American Society for Quality (ASQ), it won’t be today’s American children. Engineering isn’t even on the radar for most kids.
Because of the numerous incidents of melamine contaminations reported in North America by Canada’s CFIA and the US FDA and USDA, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) decided to conduct random testing of meat and poultry products in the US with samples obtained directly from retail shelves.
Under increasing criticism for its oversight of the nation’s food supply, FDA issued a plan to better protect food from accidental and intentional contamination.
Started six years ago by Agriculture Canada and the Canadian Food Safety and Inspection Agency (CFIA), and adopted by PAC (The Packaging Association of Canada, www.pac.ca), a set of standards was developed to support the needs of HACCP for packaging in the food and beverage industry.
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