As more food and beverage manufacturers use multiple automation vendors, they need a common format to collect data, store it and compare key performance indicators across multiple plants.

FDA has been gradually phasing in HACCP inspections of food plants that produce 100 percent fruit juice.

World Batch Forum has given its first Thomas G. Fisher Award to its founder and chairman Michael Saucier for his leadership in the field of operation and control of batch manufacturing processes.

Stahlman Engineering Corp., is constructing an addition to Ben & Jerry’s St. Albans, VT facility.

Food manufacturing plants with a high rate of employee absenteeism could get an unannounced visit from OSHA.

ConAgra Foods Incorporated plans to build a new refrigerated storage and distribution warehouse in York County in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Advanced Instruments, Inc. will acquire 100 percent of the stock of Delta Instruments B.V., a Netherlands-based manufacturer of analytical instrumentation used to analyze milk and dairy products.

Inventory management issues and distribution chain efficiency challenges are two of the many factors that will drive the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.

At least one industry trade group is raising objections to FDA’s new, stepped-up HACCP inspections.

Meat and poultry processors could face more stringent enforcement action if USDA adopts new tools currently under consideration.