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The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) and National Frozen and Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) have selected two industry leaders as their 2008 inductees to the Frozen Food Hall of Fame.

Kettle Foods opened its 73,000-sq.-ft. Beloit, WI potato chip plant, which has obtained LEED Gold Certification from the US Green Building Council.

While the recent Iowa caucuses brought some attention to ethanol and its use of corn, several news stories have focused on the reduced availability of corn and its effect on the global supply chain and the food industry.

Manufacturing traceability and compliance  Food processors focus on compliance and traceability initiatives for a number of reasons, which ostensibly will keep them competitive and in business. More specific reasons, according

Congressional pressure is growing on the White House to spend more money on the Food and Drug Administration’s food safety efforts.

Nestlé Waters opened a new 576,531-sq.-ft. plant next to its existing facility in Breinigsville, PA.

PepsiCo appointed Dr. Mehmood Kahn to the newly created position of chief scientific officer, reporting to Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executive officer. 

A recent four-hour Congressional hearing on safety issues of meat and fish treated with carbon monoxide (CO) under modified atmospheric packaging (MAP) raised serious issues about the FDA’s lack of internal and external communication for its OK to use CO to extend the “fresh” appearance of meat far beyond its actual “use-by” or “freeze-by” dates.

Nanotechnology under the microscopeIn the last year nanotechnology was built into more than $50 billion of manufactured goods, according to Lux Research. The market for this technology is expected to