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2024 December

This month, FOOD ENGINEERING features the Top 10 New Plant Products of 2024,  Planning for AI-based Artificial intelligence, A New Era in Supply Chain Management, and so much more!

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2024 Top Products

FOOD ENGINEERING’s Top 10 New Plant Products of 2024

Including both processing and packaging technologies, here are the manufacturing plant products that FOOD ENGINEERING’s readers were most interested in this year.
Alyse Thompson-Richards
Alyse Thompson-Richards
December 16, 2024

We’ve compiled the Top 10 processing and packaging equipment solutions FOOD ENGINEERING’s readers were most interested in this year.


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Quality Control

Quality Control, Safe Food Rely on People and Technology

Quality control of food products goes hand-in-hand with safe foods, yet there have been a number of food safety incidents over the past year.
Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
December 19, 2024

Food safety and quality are synonymous and need to fit into the same QC program.


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Digitalization

Bakery Locks in Product Quality with New SCADA System

Goodman Fielder, a large Australian baking company, bucks the digitalization project trend by integrating system software platforms for three factories.
Grant Gerke
December 23, 2024

The food manufacturing sector is rapidly embracing automation and data-driven tools, with companies like Tyson Foods and Goodman Fielder leading the charge. From reducing labor costs to streamlining operations with advanced SCADA and MES platforms, the industry is leveraging cutting-edge technology to address workforce challenges, boost efficiency, and drive sustainable growth.


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AI

Planning for AI-based Automation Systems

Artificial intelligence, coupled with machine learning, promises to improve plant operations from sensor level to the enterprise, but adoption has been slow with some overzealous starts.
Wayne Labs
Wayne Labs
December 12, 2024

A well-thought-out strategy can maximize the benefit of having the right sensors in the right place with the right controls.


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Ingredients

Raising a Higher Quality Mushroom Product

Viewers of a reality show may have seen farmers grow mushrooms in a bunker, but the true reality of growing mushrooms is far more complex.
Derrick Teal
Derrick Teal
December 9, 2024

A recent expansion allows M2 Ingredients to put all of its indoor farming and post-production processes under one roof — enabling true vertical integration and full chain of custody from spore to finished product.



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Revolutionizing Food & Beverage Processing with Time-Sensitive Networking

Thomas Burke
October 31, 2024

By embracing TSN, food and beverage companies not only improve their OEE but also set the stage for a future where production lines are not just automated but intelligently interconnected and extremely flexible.


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IOT and supply chain

The Intersection of IoT, Sustainability, and Food Safety: A New Era in Supply Chain Management

Investing in the right IoT hardware and software package can provide actionable data that will help you improve business operations.
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Thomas Strain
October 18, 2024

Investing in the right IoT hardware and software package can provide actionable data that will help improve business operations.


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Qualified Importer Program

Guidance for the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program Updated

The FDA is implementing a revised inspection approach, strategically designed to optimize program efficiency by leveraging other oversight activities, which may reduce user fees.
December 2, 2024

The FDA is implementing a revised inspection approach, strategically designed to optimize program efficiency by leveraging other oversight activities, which may reduce user fees.


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