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Cyberattacks: What food processors won’t talk about

Sharing information about cyberattacks can help strengthen the entire industry

Wayne Labs

May 3, 2021

An issue food processors won’t talk about openly is whether they’ve been the victim of a cyberattack.

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Inorganic arsenic in baby food: Getting to the “root” of the problem

Report finds baby food companies have high toxic levels of heavy metals in their products

Wayne Labs

April 13, 2021

The FDA has recently taken the heat from the U.S. House of Representatives, which released a report finding several baby food companies to have high toxic levels of heavy metals in their products.

Field Reports

Document management helps increase efficiency

When AK Pizza Crust needed to improve its accounts payable process as its business grew, it turned to The Priton Group LLC for a solution

Sharon Spielman

April 5, 2021

Rapid growth at AK Pizza Crust increased demand on its accounts payable process. They turned to The Priton Group for a solution.

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Control system vulnerabilities put food & beverage at serious risk

Wayne Labs

March 8, 2021

Cybersecurity may seem only for enterprise systems and critical infrastructure, but at the control system level there are too many gaps in the food and beverage industry.

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Decreasing antibiotic use in food animals proves difficult to track

The UK has made progress with monitoring techniques, but tracking antibiotic use in the U.S. is problematic

Wayne Labs

January 26, 2021

Tracking antibiotic use in food animals is difficult in the United States, as no one agency records that data.

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Supply chain lessons learned from COVID-19

A Resilience360 report explores supply chain challenges during the pandemic

Wayne Labs

December 18, 2020

A new study from Resilience360 indicates that COVID-19 has revealed weak links in the supply chain, and they may not be going away any time soon.

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Regenerative agriculture initiative seeks worldwide participation

The group supports agribusinesses in transitioning to practices that increase soil health, enhance biodiversity, sequester carbon and improve water management

Wayne Labs

November 25, 2020

Global regenerative agriculture initiative regenagri supports farms and organizations that wish to transition to holistic farming techniques.

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FDA proposes new FSMA rule for food traceability

In a major move, FDA is adding new rules to make it easier to electronically track contaminated food anywhere in the supply chain

Wayne Labs

October 9, 2020

Spawned by a seemingly unending parade of produce recalls over the last few years, the FDA proposed a new FSMA food traceability rule that demands electronic traceability from farm-to-retail for several food types prone to bacterial contamination.