The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) has announced details of a session in the PROCESS EXPO UNIVERSITY program titled “Where Have All the Bakers Gone?”

FDA said it will extend the enforcement date for the labeling rule a full year, giving all parties covered by the new rule until December 1, 2016 to prepare. In conversations with FDA, chain restaurants, grocery stores and other businesses that fall under the new rule asked for more time.

With its ice cream still absent from store shelves, Blue Bell Creameries said it notified FDA and state health officials in Alabama it will begin test production at the Sylacauga, AL facility during the next several weeks.

Air treatment solutions company Munters AB announced this week it signed an agreement to HB Group, an international company that specializes in customized hygienic climate control systems for the food and dairy industries.

CDC and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), along with the Minnesota Health Department and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, are investigating two outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidus infections linked to raw, frozen, breaded and pre-browed stuffed chicken entrees, according to CDC.

While colorful pasta has been around for years, at BUITONI, the vibrant colors infused into its new line of pastas aren’t just for looks. 

Multinational food manufacturer General Mills said in a statement Tuesday the company will commit towards sourcing 100 percent of its eggs used for US products from cage-free operations.

Less than a year after eliminating the routine use of human antibiotics in its chicken production, Purdue Farms says it is now raising more than half of its chickens with no antibiotics of any kind—human or animal.

Privately-held spirit company Bacardi has expanded its portfolio of premium rums with the acquisition of BANKS rum.

As USDA’s Meat and Poultry Hotline turns 30 this month, the department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is highlighting some of its accomplishments.