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Gracyor perishables Cold Storage Facility

Graycor Construction to build high-capacity perishables distribution center for big-box retailer

Graycor broke ground on the Shafter, Calif., distribution center in October 2018.
September 6, 2019
Graycor Construction Co., Oak Brook Terrace, Ill., topped out on the construction of a 628,713-square-foot high-capacity perishable distribution center for a big-box retailer.
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Automation

PLCs, PACs and IPCs: Skip the IIoT acronym and get on with business

PLCs, IPCs and PACs have always been networked, so what role does IIoT really play in the overall manufacturing environment?
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
September 5, 2019

In a Tech Update feature headlined “PLCs/PACs: Keys to the IIoT kingdom,” we looked at programmable controllers (PLCs), programmable automation controllers (PACs) and to some extent industrial PCs (IPCs), the latter of which can certainly be applied to most any level of control—e.g., discrete, PID, batch, etc. We considered new functionality in today’s controllers, internal operating systems, I/O capabilities, security and networking—both at the fieldbus/controls level (OT) and IT-side connections.


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Food Safety

Herbal teas recalled for possible salmonella from fennel seed

Mountain Mel’s sold the tea on Amazon
Rose Shilling
Rose Shilling
August 30, 2019

Mountain Mel’s Essential Goods recalled three types of herbal tea for possible salmonella contamination. The products used fennel seed recalled by Mountain Rose Herbs in Oregon.


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Industry News

Hershey to acquire ONE Brands

The acquisition extends the company's position as a snacking leader with the line of low-sugar, high-protein bars
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
August 29, 2019

The Hershey Company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ONE Brands, LLC, the maker of low-sugar, high-protein nutrition bars. The acquisition is expected to enable Hershey to provide a competitive offering in the nutrition bar category.


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Food Safety

Nature’s One recalls soy drink mix after learning milk product added to flavoring

Label didn’t list milk; recall required even though testing didn’t detect the allergen
Rose Shilling
Rose Shilling
August 28, 2019

Nature’s One recalled PediaSmart Soy Vanilla Beverage Mix after learning in a routine vendor document review that milk or a milk derivative was added to the natural flavor, the company announced.


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Cargill to open Innovation Lab at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The innovation lab provides Cargill with a pipeline of software engineering and data science students and graduates ready to modernize agricultural supply chains and food systems across the globe.
August 26, 2019
Cargill, Minneapolis, announced plans to open a new Cargill Innovation Lab at University of Illinois’ Research Park, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
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Texas Tech receives USDA grant to study effects of aging on beef

Researchers will use the rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (REIMS) technology to identify compositional differences in beef. The goal is to predict beef sensory performance to determine the exact peak of beef aging.
August 23, 2019
Texas Tech University College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (CASNR), Lubbock, Texas, received a $294,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service to study the effects of aging on beef.
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Dr. Marco Better
Production optimization

Optimize scheduling systems based on real-world inputs

You plan your next production run for a holiday favorite, and then a huge, need-it-yesterday order comes in. Is there any solution to this problem?
Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor
Wayne Labs
August 21, 2019

You may have a scheduling module within your ERP system, and it’s good at what it does. But it’s not clairvoyant.


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Pure Farmland meatballs

Smithfield Foods offers plant-based protein under Pure Farmland brand

Meat-alternative products to hit shelves in September
Sharon Spielman
Sharon Spielman
August 21, 2019
Smithfield Foods, Inc. announces the launch of a plant-based protein portfolio under the company’s Pure Farmland brand.
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Hygiene

Advanced instrumentation technologies provide versatility in food and beverage applications

As more advanced instruments are available with hygienic configurations, processors find new ways to use these capabilities to improve plant performance
Joshua Friesz
Joshua Friesz
August 19, 2019

In the food and beverage industry, any process instrument used for temperature, pressure, flow or level measurement that contacts product must meet hygienic requirements designed to provide cleanable surfaces and avoid areas capable of retaining contaminants or facilitating bacteria growth. These rules exist for good reason, but until recently machinery and process designers had to settle for workable but basic instrumentation due to the limited configurations available for meeting sanitary requirements.


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