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Wayne Labs

Wayne Labs has more than 30 years of editorial experience in industrial automation. He served as senior technical editor for I&CS/Control Solutions magazine for 18 years where he covered software, control system hardware and sensors/transmitters. Labs ran his own consulting business and contributed feature articles to Electronic Design, Control, Control Design, Industrial Networking and Food Engineering magazines. Before joining Food Engineering, he served as a senior technical editor for Omega Engineering Inc. Labs also worked in wireless systems and served as a field engineer for GE’s Mobile Communications Division and as a systems engineer for Bucks County Emergency Services. In addition to writing technical feature articles, Wayne covers FE’s Engineering R&D section.

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Regulatory Watch

USDA proposes amendments to Quality Systems Verification Programs

UDA proposes including commodities authorized under the Agricultural Marketing Act.

Wayne Labs

January 25, 2017

Proposed amendments result of 2013 merger of the Livestock and Seed and Poultry programs.

Manufacturing News

NOSB votes on standards for next-generation GMO's

Next-generation genetic engineering techniques include the use of synthetic biology.

Wayne Labs

January 19, 2017

The recommendations ensure that the ingredients derived from these techniques will not be in certified organic food or beverages.

Tech Update: System Integration

System integration solutions for big and small projects

Whether your facility is old or new, tightly connected systems can make your operations function as single unit.

Wayne Labs

January 18, 2017

The choice of a system integrator that has food and beverage experience can go a long way in alleviating the pain of designing or upgrading a facility.

Engineering R&D

Speeding up the ATP detection process

ATP bioluminescence testing assures cleanliness before manufacturing process, when every second counts.

Wayne Labs

January 13, 2017

Shortening the result time can mean more samples tested, and more areas verified as clean.

FSMA

FSMA: Ignorance of the law is no excuse

Though FDA is providing FSMA education, training and assistance, processors must realize that the FDA's primary goal is to protect the public's health.

Wayne Labs

January 12, 2017

A look at some of the recent FSMA updates and training options available for processors.

Tech Update: PLCs & PACs

PLCs and PACs: Know when and where to use them

Programmable logic controllers have been around for decades, and programmable automation controllers for not quite so long, but each has its special role in the manufacturing hierarchy.

Wayne Labs

December 20, 2016

A look at things to consider when determining how much technology you need to solve an automation problem.

Engineering R&D

New technology uses typically discarded produce to cut waste

Making tomato soup or pumpkin puree? Why not throw in the whole vegetable and have no waste?

Wayne Labs

December 14, 2016

Green Cell Technologies co-founder set out to design a food processing machine that uses every part of a fruit or vegetable.

Fabulous Food Plant

How Bell & Evans built a new 160,000 sq. ft. facility

Organic poultry maker uses new facility to further process and package its products.

Wayne Labs

December 8, 2016

Bell & Evans' decision not to use the mass-produced farming/processing methods of industrial poultry production has paid off.

Engineering R&D

A new approach to pathogen-free seeds and grains

This non-thermal sterilization method kills bugs, but not the flavor or texture of RTE seeds/grains and sprouts

Wayne Labs

November 28, 2016

If you’re nervous about having sprouts on your salad or eating raw sunflower seeds, you’re not alone.

Food Safety

Using software to track contamination

Software tools provide more accurate tracking, tracing and elimination of contamination.

Wayne Labs

November 22, 2016

While food and beverage processors need to deliver food-safe products to their customers, they’re also feeling the need to get these products out the door.

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