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5 things food manufacturing leaders need to know about non-desk employees

October 1, 2020

Gaining a better understanding of the non-desk workforce drives engagement, reduces turnover and increases productivity. Despite being 80% of the world’s employees—with food manufacturing workers accounting for nearly 11% of that—the non-desk workforce has largely gone overlooked and ignored.

Supply chain solutions

Bayer finds supply chain system to aid in seed traceability

Kezzler, a global supply chain traceability provider, will make it possible to trace seeds back to the farm

Wayne Labs

October 1, 2020

Kezzler, a global provider of supply chain traceability and serialization technology, has signed a master service agreement (MSA) with Bayer to provide track and trace capabilities for seed origins. Bayer—a life sciences company with more than 150 years experience in healthcare and agriculture—and Kezzler have had an existing working relationship for the last four years.

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Bolthouse Farms Launches Superfood Immunity Boost Juice

September 27, 2020

Bolthouse Farms is adding to its suite of juices and smoothies that help support a healthy immune system with its new Superfood Immunity Boost.

Industry News

Food Engineering exclusive: Gray acquires Anderson Dahlen

Purchase of equipment manufacturer expands Gray’s array of products and services

Wayne Labs

September 14, 2020

Gray, a global leader in engineering, design, construction, and automation, has purchased Anderson Dahlen, a major manufacturer and fabricator of specialty and stainless steel equipment for the food and beverage, pharma, and vacuum technology industries.

Brandon Ellis, owner and president of elliTek at his shop

Securing OT/IT networks

Keeping machines, OT networks and IT safe from cyberattacks

Sometimes all you need is a knowledgeable system integrator or machine builder who’s “been there—done that,” when it comes to securing networks from cyberattacks

Wayne Labs

September 11, 2020

Even when you think you've taken all precautions on cybersecurity, there's always a "gotcha."

Meat Industry Hall of Fame announces Class of 2020

September 10, 2020

Induction of the new Meat Industry Hall of Fame members will take place in January 2021 in a virtual format.

Food Safety

Peaches in salmonella recall reached 14 other countries

Major grocery chains across U.S. already pulled bagged and loose peaches supplied by Wawona

Rose Shilling

August 31, 2020

Peaches recalled across the U.S. for potential salmonella contamination went to 14 other countries.

Cybersecurity and OT

Industrial control systems risk shutdowns and other dangerous outcomes due to cybersecurity attacks

No doubt a ransomware or malware attack can shut down enterprise business systems, but cybersecurity attacks can do a lot more damage on manufacturing systems

Wayne Labs

August 31, 2020

Of late, several companies have taken hits on their worldwide IT and Web based systems. Perhaps the most recent, Canon, suffered a global ransomware attack, taking down many Canon websites and systems - also with a threat of making their private business data public. But can these IT/enterprise attacks threaten and/or damage OT systems? And what can they do to food and beverage products? Make them unsafe by altering a critical kill step or omitting preservatives? What else? I asked Barak Pereleman, VP of OT Security at Tenable, what attack vectors may pose danger to OT-based systems.

Food Safety

Milk allergy alert: Frito-Lay recalls chip bags filled with wrong flavor

Incorrect chips inside barbecue packages may contain milk ingredients that aren’t noted on labels

Rose Shilling

August 25, 2020

Frito-Lay recalled a variety of sizes of Lay’s Barbecue Flavored Potato Chips because the bags were filled with another flavor of chips that contain milk, an allergen for some people.

Food Safety

FDA looks for source of salmonella that sickened people who ate Aldi peaches

Aldi recalls potentially contaminated peaches from Wawona Packing Co.

Rose Shilling

August 21, 2020

Peaches sold in plastic bags at Aldi likely made about 70 people sick from salmonella, an outbreak spanning nine states, the FDA says.

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.