Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) has published its first edition of the American National Standard for Meat and Poultry Plant Equipment, ANSI/UL 2128.
Industry members are lauding the recent decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to amend its food additive regulations to include the use of ionizing radiation for the reduction of Salmonella in fresh shell eggs.
Faced with a rapidly evolving market driven by changing consumer lifestyles and demographics, key dairy industry leaders convened recently in Rosemont, Ill., to make recommendations about the type of product research required to ensure milk maintains its presence on American dining tables.
A committee of various interests from the U.S. peanut industry have asked a Georgia peanut crop inspector to pilot a bar code labeling approach designed to not only serve the needs of the state and federal governments, but also the food manufacturing industry.