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In an effort to promote recipe consistency and speed production of its products, ice cream maker Blue Bell Creameries recently employed automation software from National Instruments to control the batching system in its Brenham, Texas, plant.

Although spending for packaging machinery by U.S. domestic companies is expected to rise by 2 to 3 percent this year -- to approximately $4.9 billion in sales -- spending by the food industry is expected to decline by 1 to 3 percent during the same period, according to a study by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI).

Oftentimes Kosher is considered the equivalent of Halal, but there are distinct differences between the two.

Effectively and efficiently managing information - from supplier inventory to projected sales - is essential to flexible manufacturing. That's where integrated software comes into play.

Meat and poultry inspections not tough enough, auditors say.

The Titan Corporation -- manufacturer of the nation's first electronic pasteurization for food -- has been awarded a U.S. patent for a transporting and self-shielding system that miniaturizes its SureBeam technology, allowin

Sequencia Corp. (Phoenix, AZ) has a multi-site agreement with Morinaga Milk Industry Co. (Tokyo) to implement Sequencia’s OpenBatch recipe-management software.

In-home food safety improved during the past two years.

A recent survey from FPM&SA (Arlington, VA) on Internet use received a 40 percent response and some very interesting figures.

California Day-Fresh Foods Inc., (CDF) a subsidiary of Chiquita Brands International, Glendora, CA, is on the forefront of R&D and commercial application of ultraviolet light processing for fresh juice.