Jeremy Gerrard

NSF International announced its first call for nominations for the 2015 Food Safety Leadership Awards Program, an honor that recognizes outstanding leadership an innovation in food safety.

The Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) signed a joint business development plan to grow its relationship as an oils and fat supplier for Unilever in Europe, North America and Africa, the company announced this week.

Single-cup coffee and tea brewing giant Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. has joined forces with Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) to develop a line of the beverage company’s signature products for the upcoming release of the Keurig Cold at-home beverage system.

The British Retail Consortium has published has published the seventh issue of the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety, recognized internationally as a standard for good manufacturing practices in food, packaging, storage and distribution as well as consumer products.

As many Americans made New Year’s resolutions pledging healthier lifestyles in 2015, the US News & World Report has released its Best Diets of 2015 report ranking 41 different diet plans.

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, said the US Department of Labor approved its mechatronics certificate tests as the foundation for mechatronics technician apprenticeships around the country.

The International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) has released its 2014 Global Cold Storage Capacity Report. The report shows that the total capacity of refrigerated warehouses was estimated at 552 million cubic meters worldwide in 2014, an increase of 92 million cubic meters (20 percent) since 2012.

CDC is collaborating with public health officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections (Listeriosis) linked to commercially produced, prepackaged caramel apples that has caused multiple deaths.

The US will resume beef imports with Ireland according to Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney.

The recent US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade meetings should facilitate the export of products such as Feta and Parmesan cheese to China.