Manufacturing News

Tomra launches customer service center in Bengaluru, India

June 25, 2019

Tomra Food has opened a 4,000 sq.-ft. customer service center in Bengaluru, India, as part of its efforts to improve the organizations’ responsiveness to stakeholders.

Manufacturing News

Cannabis: FDA needs your input

Wayne Labs

June 14, 2019

The FDA held a public hearing on May 31 to solicit oral presentations and comments in order to obtain scientific data and information about the safety, manufacturing, product quality, marketing, labeling and sale of products containing cannabis or cannabis-derived products.

Manufacturing News

Cell-cultured meat concerns

Wayne Labs

May 17, 2019

USDA and FDA held a joint public meeting on the use of cell culture technology and discussed the technology, its theory, application and issues.

Yogurt company celebrates a century, collaborates with industry

Danone driving sustainable growth

Yogurt company committed to transparency, trust

Sharon Spielman

May 14, 2019

Danone has opened its collection of 1,800 strains for research purposes, including access to its current collection of 193 lactic and bifidobacteria ferment strains deposited at the National Collection of Cultures of Microorganisms.

Manufacturing News

Extending the applications of Blockchain in the food manufacturing industry

Wayne Labs

April 15, 2019

According to a new NIST report, blockchain technology is being used to provide not only tamper-resistant transmission of manufacturing data for making machine parts, but also perfect traceability of that data to all participants in the production process.

Manufacturing News

Who reads nutrition fact labels?

Wayne Labs

March 18, 2019

FDA has taken another look at food labeling with two recent draft guidance documents, the first regarding serving sizes and dual-column labels and the second on nutritional information pertaining to added sugars, vitamins and minerals.

FDA reinstates registration for Working Cow Homemade Inc.

Sharon Spielman

February 20, 2019

The FDA has lifted the suspension and reinstated the facility registration for Working Cow Homemade, Inc. The decision follows proposed changes and commitments by the firm, along with FDA site inspection and verification.

Top 5 Types of Emphasis Programs used by OSHA in Plant Inspections

Manufacturing News

OSHA, FSIS and worker safety

Wayne Labs

February 11, 2019

While robots are taking over dangerous jobs in newer automated meat and poultry plants, the rest still use mostly manual labor.

Otis Spunkmeyer chocolate chip cookies from frozen dough

Industry news

ARYZTA expands production line for Otis Spunkmeyer frozen cookie dough

Cookies go to foodservice, convenience and retail outlets

Rose Shilling

February 4, 2019

ARYZTA North America is adding a third line to its Otis Spunkmeyer frozen cookie dough production to meet increased demand.

Koenig & Bauer RotaJET 168 inkjet printing press

Packaging

Tetra Pak adding full-color digital printing for beverage cartons

The investment will offer customers more customization, smaller batches

Rose Shilling

January 16, 2019

Tetra Pak will start offering full-color digital printing on beverage cartons, which will reduce design-to-print time and allow a variety of designs in one order.