Joyce Fassl has spent most of her career in magazine management. As the former editor-in-chief of Food Engineering, Fassl has directed the magazine’s editorial staff since 1986, except for a two-year stretch where she oversaw content direction for the debut of Packexpo.com. Her expertise is creating dynamic print and online content, building top-notch editorial teams and managing innovative custom publishing projects and live events. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Penn State University. In addition to supervising all Food Engineering content, Joyce is Program Director for the Food Automation & Manufacturing Conference.
It's that time of year when Food Engineering takes a few minutes to focus not so much on engineering challenges and operations success stories, but on the people running food and beverage manufacturing plants.
Day after day we sit and listen to the news or read in the newspapers about the war in Iraq-the daily suicide bombers, executions and shootings with innocent civilian and American lives lost.
I am sure most of you reacted with horror as you learned about the animal abuse reports last month at Pilgrim's Pride chicken processing plant. I certainly did.
While a few famous people have been known to say, "I invented the Internet," a decade ago I was known to say, "I just don't get the Internet." Back then I remember writing an editorial column entitled "World Wide Web Limitless Opportunities Currently Limited."
Congress continues to support the food industry in stopping nuisance law suits brought by consumers who say they gained weight after using a food or beverage manufacturer's product.