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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.

With the help of an ever-cheaper dollar, US food exports surged in the first half of 2008.

VersaCold Corporation will expand its 4.7-million-cu.-ft. freezer Dawson facility in Winnipeg, MB. 

Alvin Toffler, renowned futurist and keynote speaker at Rockwell Software’s RSTechEd 2008, has a stern warning for manufacturers.