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Food Safety

FSMA: From Education to Enforcement

Your FSMA safety plan is written. Now learn about common implementation difficulties, just as the FDA begins to ask for compliance proof

Rose Shilling

November 19, 2018

New challenges are coming into focus as food companies move from writing their FSMA safety plans to using them day-to-day to monitor for hazards.

Sustainable Plant of the Year

Food Engineering's 2018 Sustainable Plant of the Year: How Dairy Farmers of America goes green

DFA's Garden City milk dryer operation is a tightly knit system of controls and machinery that eke out energy savings and make perfect product with little to no waste

Wayne Labs

November 14, 2018

Any milk dryer operation uses a lot of energy, and when you have the biggest operation in North America, you use…a lot of energy.

Industry News

Gray Construction Chairman Featured as Founding Father of the Design-Build Institute of America

Jim Gray was part of group that started the organization 25 years ago

Casey Laughman

November 13, 2018

Gray Construction chairman Jim Gray has been recognized as a founding father of the Design-Build Institute of America.

Innovation

Rockwell Automation introduces industrial control devices to support ODVA’s CIP Security

CIP security defines security-related requirements and capabilities for EtherNet/IP devices

Wayne Labs

November 13, 2018

Rockwell Automation has announced new industrial control products to include CIP Security.

Quality Assurance

Autonomous Machine Vision offers processors improved inspection

Inspekto CEO explains how Autonomous Machine Vision can change the production process

Harel Boren

November 7, 2018

For decades, manufacturers have struggled with the integration of Traditional Machine Vision. Visual Quality Assurance (QA), gating and sorting has always been the necessary evil, helping manufacturers reduce the risk of defective products. The process begins with the manufacturer identifying a need for QA and assessing whether a certain point on the production line is worth the time, effort and cost of implementing a machine vision solution.

Sustainability

Kellogg announces 100 percent sustainable packaging goal

The manufacturer has set its sights on 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by the end of 2025

Wayne Labs

October 26, 2018

The Kellogg Company is expanding its global sustainability commitments to include a goal of working towards total (100 percent) reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging by the end of 2025.

The skills and gender gap

October 22, 2018

The skills and gender gap is a growing concern for processors looking for qualified employees.

Food Waste

Food waste drives us towards crisis

Transforming the processing industry is needed if we're going to stop wasting so much food

Wayne Labs

October 22, 2018

A radical transformation of the food processing industry is required, starting with the c-suite getting out of its comfort zone and embracing the ability to imagine the meal of the future, says Roy Henderson, CEO of Green Cell Technologies.

Food Waste

Curbing food waste in industrial food production

Examining waste in packaging and production can offer solutions to decreasing overall waste in the plant

Wayne Labs

October 22, 2018

As World Food Day has just recently passed, we consider the issues of food waste and look at areas where waste can be decreased.

Food Packaging

Meeting meat and poultry packaging needs

Manufacturers try to achieve clean-label products, enhance sanitation and advance automation

Sean Riley

October 22, 2018

Expiration dates, packaging conditions, and product look, feel and taste are all considerations in consumer purchase decisions when reaching for meat and poultry.