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Banks, insurance companies and other institutional investors are starting to weigh the cost benefits of irradiating ground beef, poultry and other foods as part of their due diligence on loans to food processors, restaurant chains and food retailers.

General Mills is expanding its Yoplait production with an additional 380,000-sq.-ft. processing plant located near the company’s existing Pillsbury plant in Murfreesboro, TN.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. acquired Global Culinary Solutions, Inc., an integrated food product development, manufacturing and marketing company

It is with sincere sadness that we report the death of Food Engineering Contributing Editor Bill Friend.

FE’s vote for the most imaginative display at the National Canners Association Expo goes to the Foxboro Company and its computer simulated food plant.

Food manufacturers have a friend in Washington.

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.