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Lactalis USA to Invest $55 million to Expand Feta Cheese Production

When completed in 2027, Lactalis USA will have increased its U.S. feta production capacity to address current and future customer and consumer demand.




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Report: Food and Beverage Companies Streamline Portfolios, Turn to Snacking through M&A

The pace of M&A activity in the food and beverage sector has trended much slower in 2024 compared to recent years, but several indicators suggest a pickup in activity.




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Hershey Acquires Sour Strips Brand

Founded in 2019 by social media personality Maxx Chewning, Sour Strips combine shockingly sour flavors with innovative branding.




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Why the IP69K Rating is Essential For Bearings in the Food And Beverage Industry

The incredibly demanding operating application and washdown conditions, along with food safety concerns and regulations, have driven a shift toward IP69K-rated products.




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J. J. Keller Introduces Food Safety Compliance Services for Manufacturers and Importers

The requirements include those set by organizations such as the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and even state and local agencies.




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Eriez Expands Salient Pole Rare Earth Drum Line to Food Processing Applications

Building on the product’s success in the mineral processing and recycling industries, Salient Pole Rare Earth drums are now optimized to meet the stringent requirements of food processing, ensuring the purity and safety of food products.




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How Moisture Measurement Improves Manufacturing Quality

While laboratory and other manual methods have been used for years, new automated moisture measurement and control systems can play an important role in improving product quality monitoring, increasing plant efficiency, and lowering energy costs.




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Evigence Introduces Freshness Management Platform with FreshSense Sensors

Evigence offers food companies and cold-chain leaders data-driven freshness insights at the case or unit level needed to boost end-to-end supply chain efficiency, guarantee food quality, reduce food loss and manage compliance.




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Understanding E-Beam Effectiveness in Food Safety Applications

E-Beam (electron beam) technology, a form of ionizing radiation, has emerged as a tool for enhancing food safety.




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Improving Food Safety and Packaging Machine Reliability

As packaging has become significantly more complex and consumers more demanding, the need has only grown for strict hygienic procedures to ensure food safety, from the factory to the retail shelf to the table.




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Maximizing Productivity in the Food & Beverage Industry: The Power of Area Scan Cameras

Machine vision technology is emerging as a transformative force in driving productivity, enhancing quality control and revolutionizing packaging inspection processes.




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Climate Change Increases Foodborne Illness Risk From Raw Produce

High humidity exposure and the water-soaking symptom caused by X. vitians also enhance the ability of salmonella to rapidly grow in lettuce, and climate change is predicted to increase humid periods.




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How Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Can Combat Honey Fraud

The high value of honey and perceived cachet surrounding its provenance makes it a vulnerable target, whether through fraudsters claiming false geographical origin, declaring false botanical variety or diluting it with cheaper sugar syrups.




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Eight Organizations Join Forces to Help Food Industry Prepare for FSMA Rule 204

The collaboration will share clear, concise messaging and resources that enable the industry to take action in preparing for FSMA Rule 204, which mandates a comprehensive tracking and tracing system for certain high-risk foods listed on the U.S. FDA's Food Traceability List.




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How Inspection Technologies Can Support Manufacturing of ‘Human-Grade’ Pet Food

With more canine and feline mouths to feed than ever before, robust pet food safety and detail-oriented inspection has never been more paramount.




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Boar’s Head Names Frank Yiannas as Interim Chief Food Safety Advisor

Yiannas’ appointment comes after the company announced it would permanently discontinue its liverwurst product and indefinitely close its Jarratt, Va., plant due to a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak.




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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 improve business operations.




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BrucePac Recalls 11.8 million Pounds of RTE Meat and Poultry Over Listeria Contamination

These meat and poultry products were shipped to other establishments and distributors nationwide, then distributed to restaurants, schools and institutions.




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A bit of Bhutan - Drukair domestic from Bumthang to Paro

Sorry for the false start. This is my first proper TR, so I needed some time to get my head around how to post the images properly as it's not as straight-forward as I thought. Image: *Background* This trip report is a tiny snapshot of an...




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DUB-US-MAD TP Run [Live] - Airports, Flights, Lounges and more

*Introduction* After enjoying reading many of the trip reports here, I thought I could try to write one myself. This is a "classic" BAEC TP Run on the Dubline - US - Spain routing, which will bring me back to Gold again. Do I need BA Gold/OWE? -...




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Seven Weeks in South America and Antartica

This trip started when I found a good deal on a fly cruise to Antartica. A cabin on a reasonably nice ship with a balcony with no single supplement. And from there, like Topsy, ti grew and grew. An Argentina trip had been canceled because of the...




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Endless jet set and glamour - or just a few fill-ins?

In the hope that the photo situation improves, I'll start a new report. It's about a little trip (9 nights) in October this year. It was to one of the European jet set destinations, the Côte d'Azur. More specifically, the Hotel du Cap Eden Roc,...




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Interloping around Asia and Australia [Live'ish]

Welcome to my first ever live(ish) trip report. I'm beginning a 6 week trip to Asia and Australia to get away from work. ;) Luckily my manager granted me some unpaid leave so the planning came together this summer. On this trip I will be visiting...




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The Galapagos Postman Challenge - Putting 25 years of frequent flying to the test

*The Galapagos Postman Challenge - Using 25 years of frequent flying experience to complete an epic global travel challenge in 2024/25* In March 2024, I collected 50 letters from the ancient postbox on Isla Floreana in the Galapagos Islands –...




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October '24 Trip Marathon via Cars, Flix & Greyhound Buses, WN, Transit, and More

Hello everyone! I was blessed last month to take a multitude of trips from SoCal to various places in the car and on various carriers including Southwest Airlines (WN), FlixBus, Public Transit, and the good old Greyhound. Here is the first part of a...




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More speedy shenanigans, a long weekend to Riga

This week sees me heading to Latvia for a flying visit to Riga. Never been to Latvia and have been looking forward to this trip for a while. Unfortunately I’ve been a little poorly this week so my energy levels are low and so ‘speedy’ may quickly...




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Planes, trains and automobiles: PNQ - NCL via Taiwan

First time attempting a TR..... *Planes:* It was Monday evening. I was in a taxi in Pune, India, when one of my staff in Italy called and told me that one of our customers in the UK were in danger of a line-down (automotive... gigantic fines...




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WSJ: Russia Suspected of Plotting to Send Incendiary Devices on U.S.-Bound Planes

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-plot-us-planes-incendiary-devices-de3b8c0a?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalinkTwo devices that ignited in Europe, officials say, were part of a covert operation to put them on cargo or passenger aircraftBy Bojan...




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Weather to the Extreme: Can You Survive it?

In the last few years, it seems that hurricanes, tornadoes and resultant flooding have become stronger and stronger. Maybe chalk it up to a warming planet, which amplifies the power of these storms.




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Bakeries to Record Significant Consumption of Dietary Fibers Amid Rising Preference for Fruit and Vegetable-Sourced Ingredients

The rapidly expanding worldwide population along with reduced nutrition awareness will increase the preference for natural food ingredients.




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Sustainable, “Plug-and-Play” Shrimp Farming Sets up Anywhere Food Engineering

This shrimp farming technique saves the ocean and other fish species.




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Innovations to Take Center Stage in the Oat Milk Market as the Demand for Flavored Drinks Depicts an Increase

The growth of the oat milk market is expected to remain positive in the near future.




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Food and Beverage Manufacturers Face Mounting Cybersecurity Attacks

Connectivity provides manufacturing plant operations many advantages like increased productivity, faster identification and remediation of quality defects, and better collaboration across functional areas. However, this connectivity is dramatically increasing smart factories’ vulnerabilities and leaving them exposed to cybersecurity threats.




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USDA Grant Targets Midwestern Seafood Production and Consumption

The grant for Purdue University is for a zero-waste food production system designed to convert nutrient-rich waste into energy for system operation and high-value bioproducts.




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Greener Distilleries: Designing, Procuring and Building for an Eco-Friendly Future

Changing the way that distilleries use resources is a great start, but the increased market for spirits means that green techniques must be factored into initial facility designs, as companies aim to raise their production capacity.




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Kerry Launches Tastesense Advance—Sugar Alternative

The company’s new sugar alternative is stated to combine sustainability and full-bodied taste without increasing carbon emissions.




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With 2025 Packaging Goals in Danger, Industry Targets Food Waste

Food waste is a big part of the conversation with consumers in 2023. Consumer research conducted by Do Good Foods in September 2022 reveals that “Americans want to be more climate-friendly, and nearly half are more concerned about food waste than they were a year ago.”




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MicroHarvest Launches Pilot Plant

The company transformed a portion of its office space into a laboratory and pilot plant in six months.




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Hamilton Process Analytics Unveils White Paper

The white paper addresses key challenges in cultivated meat production.




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How Low-Temperature Absorption Chillers Can Optimize Food and Beverage Processing

As food and beverage manufacturers seek solutions to reduce operational costs and decarbonize, they may be surprised to find the answer in a solution that’s nearly a century old: absorption cooling.




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Vacuum Fundamentals: Utility Applications and Oil Sealed Technology

Defining the fundamentals of vacuum and discussing the utility applications of oil-sealed vacuum technology.




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Nestlé Health Science Announces Startup Challenge Winners

The winners will receive mentorship, strategy guidance and technical support along with a one-year membership on the Friedman School's Food & Nutrition Innovation Council.




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SAMBAZON Acquires SunOpta’s Açaí and Smoothie Bowls Business

The acquisition will double the company's manufacturing capacity for ready-to-eat bowls.




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Industrial Heat Pumps are the Past, Present and Future

The threat of finite natural resources can be managed by switching to heat pumps—a move that will pay for itself in resulting energy-cost reductions.




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Raise Cold-chain Temps From 0°F To 5°F, Save Energy and Slash Carbon Emissions

What’s not to like about improving sustainability and protecting the environment while saving energy and money—and best of all, no equipment or software expenditures are necessary.




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Regal Rexnord Introduces Intelligent Solutions for Industrial Manufacturing

The Perceptiv ecosystem is designed to offer customers a unified platform to meet the growing reliability needs industrial manufacturers face.




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Big and Small Brewers Launch Automation Upgrades

Regional craft breweries and independents are investing in automation and plant upgrades to increase production, improve maintenance and move toward bigger volumes.




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Use Automation to Attract, Challenge and Keep Skilled Workers

AI, machine learning and robotics not only improve product flow, but also can attract young talent that’s grown up with computers and easily adapts to new technologies.




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Automated Product Printing and Label Verification

Domino’s latest solutions include coding automation software that removes the need for manual intervention and integrated machine vision to check the accuracy of every printed code.




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Make Maintenance Part of Your Digital Transformation Strategy

Even though new processing and packaging equipment today has maintenance tools built in, proper planning and integration into an enterprise maintenance management system makes repair activities easier to track and helps prevent a stockroom full of expensive parts that are never needed.