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Public budgets for foundational research decline

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor

April 6, 2020

According to a white paper published by the Institute of Food Technologists entitled "Food Research: Call to Action on Funding and Priorities," public spending on foundational research for both agriculture and food in the U.S. has been slowly trending downward since 2006 or so, while private R&D spending has seen a small increase.

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Innovative recycling solutions for plastic food packaging

Wayne Labs

March 9, 2020

Consumers around the world are frustrated with plastic. A recent study from Global Data says that 35% of UK consumers are more likely to purchase products without any plastic at all, compared to goods even with recycled plastic.

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Bill would allow the FDA access to CAFOs

Wayne Labs

February 11, 2020

In an effort to allow FDA to sample water, soil and environmental conditions on USDA-regulated concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), New York Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand introduced a bill that would provide the FDA authority to conduct microbial sampling on CAFOs as necessary for a foodborne illness outbreak investigation, determine the outbreak’s root cause or address other public health needs.

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IIOT sensor communications issues still need work

NIST’s Nenad Ivezic provides a more detailed view of the progress made in standardizing data communications in the food supply chain—including sensors and IIoT at the farm and industrial levels

Wayne Labs

January 17, 2020

While much of the work involving the standardization of communication in the overall food supply chain is finished, there is still work needing to be done regarding the standardization of IIoT sensor data. I asked Nenad Ivezic, leader of the Process Engineering Group in the Systems Integration Division of the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Engineering Laboratory, to fill us in on the particulars.

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Solving IoT supply chain communications problems

Wayne Labs

January 6, 2020

Food manufacturers and distributors are beginning to attach IoT sensors to shipping containers to track critical information about the temperature and humidity of the product plus ongoing location and shipper information.

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FDA offers help with food defense plans

Wayne Labs

December 13, 2019

For processors that have either put off or need help with building an organized food defense plan, look no further than the FDA’s website.

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Much food waste comes from misinterpretation on product date labels

Wayne Labs

November 18, 2019

The proliferation of various forms of date labels is enough to cause consumers not to buy a product with a short “sell by” date, leaving it to be junked at the store—or tossed prematurely at home—when the product is still perfectly fine.

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EPA's stance on glyphosate may affect legal, regulatory outcomes

Wayne Labs

October 16, 2019

The glyphosate (aka Roundup) carcinogen controversy isn’t over yet, but the EPA’s stance on direct exposure may affect regulatory and legal outcomes on residual exposure in foods.

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Another look at food loss and waste in the supply chain

Wayne Labs

September 13, 2019

According to a recent Government Accountability Office report, 40% of America’s food supply goes uneaten.

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Turn digital transformation into an asset

August 13, 2019

Bearing manufacturer SKF has realized the importance of the operational insights that can be gleaned from data, and it's turning this digital transformation into a major part of its business.

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

On Demand Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.