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General Mills recalls flour over E. coli concerns

General Mills expands flour recall

Jeremy Gerrard

July 5, 2016

General Mills has expanded its recall of Gold Medal, Wondra and Signature Kitchens flour products.

Labor department publishes new rules to adjust civil penalty amounts

Jeremy Gerrard

July 5, 2016

The US Department of Labor announced two interim final rules to adjust its penalties for inflation.

Editor's Note

Stay tuned: Exciting changes ahead for Food Engineering!

Debra Schug

Wayne Labs

July 5, 2016

As Food Engineering searches for a new editor-in-chief, this month the editor’s note is under construction, so to speak.

TECH FLASH

Food safety, productivity need fuel robotic innovations

Increased productivity, reduced costs and improved food and worker safety continue to push automation and robotics higher on food and beverage manufacturers’ priority list.

Maria Ferrante

June 28, 2016

For robots to operate in a food manufacturing facility, they must be designed to withstand the rigors of sanitary processing operations.

TECH FLASH

Yuengling settles alleged CWA violations

The brewery agreed to pay $9.8 million in penalties and wastewater treatment upgrades to settle alleged Clean Water Act violations.

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

In a complaint filed concurrently with the settlement, the US alleged Yuengling violated pretreatment permit requirements at least 141 times from 2008 to 2015.

General Mills, South Dakota State team up on oats research lab

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

The new lab will focus on advancing the sustainability and quality of oats in the US.

Nestlé names new CEO

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

Swiss food and beverage company Nestlé has tapped Ulf Mark Schneider as the company’s next CEO.

PepsiCo brings back Diet Pepsi with aspartame

Jeremy Gerrard

June 27, 2016

PepsiCo announced Monday it will reintroduce an aspartame-sweetened diet soft drink to the market.

New tools address on shelf availability

Jeremy Gerrard

June 27, 2016

A new taskforce has released the Best Practices Solutions to Address On Shelf Availability (OSA) Guide and On Shelf Availability Root Causes Ishikawa Diagram.