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Sharon Spielman

Sharon Spielman is former senior editor of Food Engineering magazine. She has more than 25 years of experience as a writer and editor for a range of trade publications, including those that cover food and beverage processing, restaurants and institutions, chefs, process heating and cooling, finishing, and package converting.

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Dry Processing

Whiskey distiller uses centrifugal sifter to recover liquid sour mash

With Kason sifter, Bendt Distilling turns spent grain byproduct into saleable livestock feed

Sharon Spielman

September 22, 2020

Kason equipment gives Bendt Distilling income from its spent grain byproduct.

Cargill builds $21 million complex for customer innovation in chocolate market

“House of Chocolate” adds chocolate experience center, pilot plant and sensory lab to support product development, training

Sharon Spielman

September 21, 2020

Cargill has announced plans for a 700 square-meter “House of Chocolate” complex at its Mouscron, Belgium, site.

Regulatory Watch

AMS proposes amending USDA organic regulations

Changes would strengthen oversight of organic agricultural products

Sharon Spielman

September 18, 2020

Proposed amendments are intended to protect integrity in the organic supply chain and build consumer and industry trust in the USDA organic label.

Novel no more: HPP grows with batch processing, new bulk juice handling

High pressure processing will continue to expand with increasing consumer demand for natural, fresh-tasting foods without preservatives

Sharon Spielman

September 17, 2020

Building on a foothold in batch guacamole processing, high pressure processing moves into bulk and grows in markets that require fresh taste with no preservatives and a long shelf life.

Food Safety

How processors are adapting to FSMA in its early years

What food and beverage manufacturers need to know to stay in compliance

Sharon Spielman

August 31, 2020

Food manufacturing businesses must comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)—the biggest food safety reform in seven decades, which affects the way our foods are grown, harvested and processed.

Cleaning Technologies Group partners with Unitech Washing Systems to serve U.S. food/beverage customers

Sharon Spielman

August 19, 2020

Cleaning Technologies Group, LLC (CTG) has partnered with U.K.-based Unitech Washing Systems Ltd. to distribute specialty washers to the United States for the food and beverage industry.

Labor department publishes new rules to adjust civil penalty amounts

COVID-19 coverage

OSHA, NAMI form alliance to protect meatpacking workers

Sharon Spielman

August 14, 2020

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed an alliance with the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) to provide information, guidance and access to training resources for protecting workers in the meatpacking and processing industry from exposures to the coronavirus.

COVID-19 coverage

Pandemic prompts temporary policy changes

Facilities can use FDA guidance to comply with FSMA during the coronavirus crisis

Sharon Spielman

August 13, 2020

Just as companies are adapting and settling in to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and its rules, enter the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Beginning September 1, Praxair to operate under Linde name

Sharon Spielman

August 13, 2020

Linde has announced that its U.S. subsidiary, Praxair, Inc., will begin operating under the Linde name, effective September 1.

Regulatory Watch

FDA seeks treatments for pre-harvest agriculture water

Companies can follow the agency’s testing protocol to find out if products inactivate pathogens

Sharon Spielman

August 12, 2020

The FDA has announced a new protocol for the development and registration of antimicrobial treatments for pre-harvest agricultural water, developed through a collaboration with the EPA.

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