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The reconstruction of the distillery at MGP Ingredients, Inc.'s Atchison, KS, facility is nearly complete.

The public discussion of the status of the Wal-Mart RFID project has been misleading, concludes New England-based ARC Advisory Group.

The FDA will allow a qualified health claim for monounsaturated fat from olive oil and reduced risk of coronary heart disease.

PepsiCo Beverages & Foods named Mary Dillon president of the Quaker Foods business unit.

Hershey Foods completed a $48 million plant expansion in Stuarts Draft, VA.

Two of the Northeast dairy industry's independent companies, Organic Valley Family of Farms and Guida's Milk and Ice Cream, formed a co-processing partnership.

Coors Brewing Company plans to invest between $160 and $190 million to add brewing capacity to an existing beer packaging facility in Elkton, VA.

FDA's goals for the remainder of 2004 are to continue updating the food Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).

Imagine a world where food processing machinery is actually engineered and built by the same people who work with it day in and day out on the plant floor.

Measuring productivity provides a good indication of the economic efficiency of the food manufacturing industry, according to a report from the UDSA economic research service (ERS).