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Emerson to acquire Pentair valves and controls business

The automation solution provider will purchase the business for $3.15 billion.

August 25, 2016

The transaction follows recent divestitures of Network Power, Leroy-Somer and Control Techniques for $5.2 billion as part of the company’s overall strategic portfolio repositioning.

FDA extends some FSMA compliance dates, clarifies rules

First major compliance dates still slated for next month for large companies.

Crystal Lindell

August 25, 2016

While the major provisions of the FSMA rules are being implemented as planned, the FDA has issued a final rule that extends and clarifies the compliance dates for certain provisions in four of the seven foundational rules.

Food Safety

Microbiological testing: Verify your inputs as you verify your outputs

Sure, you trust your suppliers. But there’s nothing like some checks before you commit your product to someone else’s raw ingredients.

Wayne Labs

August 22, 2016

While Paul Simon used “One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor,” to refer to apartment house rules of courtesy, you might find a parallel to this separate-but-connected concept in the food supply chain.

Hostess enters frozen aisle with launch of fried Twinkies

Jeremy Gerrard

August 17, 2016

You no longer have to wait until the state fair rolls into town to grab one of America’s favorite fabled indulgences: the deep fried Twinkie

Schwan asks chefs to collaborate on new snack ideas

The Chef Collective is part of Schwan’s effort to develop new snacking concepts and clean label offerings, as well as change misperceptions about frozen foods.

Debra Schug

August 16, 2016

The company invited eight chefs from across the country, including Food Network personality Jet Tila and past Top Chef contestant Stephanie Cmar, to collaborate and ideate new snacking concepts.

Foodborne Illness

IBM STUDY: Grocery scanner data can speed foodborne illness outbreak investigations

Study shows that Big Data and analytics can help identify potential sources of contamination.

Crystal Lindell

August 16, 2016

IBM Research – Almaden has found that analyzing retail-scanner data from grocery stores against maps of confirmed cases of foodborne illness can speed early investigations.