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Special Supplement: Site Selection

Setting your sites on solid ground

A litany of factors must be considered in selecting a new plant location, but the choice must ultimately facilitate your goals and business strategy.

Debra Schug

December 21, 2015

Whether a processor is moving on, moving up or moving out, choosing a new home for a plant must involve the consideration of several factors, such as utilities and water costs, access to transportation, labor availability, incentives and sustainability issues.

TECH FLASH

Self-regulation improves nutrition in children’s cereal

Participants in the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative reduce sugars, calories and sodium and increase the amount of whole grains.

Jeremy Gerrard

November 13, 2015

The CFBAI has set nutrition standards for foods its participants may advertise to children under age 12.

TECH FLASH

Workplace fatalities increased in 2014

The initial results from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries reveal a 9 percent increase in manufacturing fatalities.

Jeremy Gerrard

September 29, 2015

Contact with objects and equipment accounted for the highest number of deaths.

TECH FLASH

Flowers Foods acquires second organic bread company in less than a month

The company has acquired the Alpine Valley Bread Company and Dave’s Killer Bread.

Jeremy Gerrard

September 14, 2015

Flowers Foods—whose current brands include Wonder and Nature’s Own—is expected to spend more than $400 million in just one month on organic acquisitions.

Non-Thermal Processing

Take off the heat

For some applications, non-thermal pasteurization or sterilization techniques can produce safe food as well as thermal techniques and preserve taste, texture and color.

Wayne Labs

August 14, 2015

Thermal pasteurization techniques have been around since Louis Pasteur, and there is no question they’re effective.

TECH FLASH

Federal judge rules Idaho ag-gag law unconstitutional

US District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill rules the law violates the First Amendment.

Jeremy Gerrard

August 12, 2015

The statute would criminalize undercover surveillance and investigations that document animal welfare, worker safety and food safety violations at agricultural production facilities.

TECH FLASH

GMA petitions FDA for use of partially hydrogenated oils

GMA argues there is “reasonable certainty of no harm” from consumption of PHOs for the uses and at the levels the association is seeking.

Jeremy Gerrard

August 12, 2015

In June, FDA announced its determination that PHOs are not generally recognized as safe or GRAS for use in human food.

PROCESS EXPO, Int’l Dairy and InterBev Process Show Preview

Innovation on display at 3-in-1 food expo

The co-located shows offer more than 1,000 exhibits featuring the latest food and beverage technologies and innovations.

August 11, 2015

Projecting nearly 325,000 combined net square feet of exhibit space, the co-located PROCESS EXPO, International Dairy Show and InterBev Process is shaping up to be the largest in the event’s history.

Preventive & Predictive Maintenance

The future looks smarter

Whatever maintenance program you follow, an intelligent data gathering system plus a CMMS can decrease parts expenditures and increase uptime.

Wayne Labs

July 22, 2015

If run to failure is no longer an option, food and beverage processors have alternative ways to keep their equipment running at peak performance levels; they can plan maintenance schedules based on OEM suggestions.

13th Annual Replacement Parts Survey

Replacement Parts Survey: Proactive inventory practices

Study shows processors are continuing to find solutions to reduce unscheduled downtime and improve operational excellence.

Debra Schug

July 10, 2015

Food Engineering’s 2015 Replacement Parts and Components Trends Survey identifies the “who, what, why and how” of replacement parts purchasing, inventory maintenance, condition monitoring and related topics.

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.