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USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has published its final rule allowing FSIS to share a firm’s distribution list with state and federal agencies whenever its meat products are recalled.

Injecting carbon dioxide into an extruder barrel opens up a world of new products. Now the issue is driving down processing costs.

USDA is stepping up food protection, not only from terrorist threats, but old-fashioned natural enemies as well.

High-intensity mixer/dissolver is easy to keep clean and requires little maintenance.

North American manufacturers of packaging machines and parts took a $377 million sales hit last year, dragging down global equipment sales 0.8 percent, while Chinese packaging firms solidified their No. 5 ranking with a 15.1 percent sales spike of $272 million.

Plant-wide visibility to maintenance and production schedules and transactions improves profits and productivity.

Vision-based system will help meat and poultry processors identify trace amounts of fecal material.

Since September 11, FDA has devoted more of its resources to countering potential terrorist threats to the food supply.

New system helps Premium Brands gain standardization and visibility over all operations, providing cost savings and better decision-making.

Two Senate Democrats are pushing legislation that would increase the federal government’s role in recalling most food products.