The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) has launched the “AFFI Trade and Regulatory Database,” an online tool the organization says is designed to help AFFI members navigate global regulatory policies that affect the trade of frozen fruit and vegetable products.

Hailed as the answer to state-specific organic labeling laws by some in the food industry, the House Agriculture Committee approved the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 Tuesday.

Barber Foods, a Portland, ME manufacturer of stuffed chicken products, has recalled approximately 1.7 million pounds of frozen, raw stuffed chicken products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Ecolab received a 2015 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Food Expo Innovation Award for the development of DrySan Duo, an innovative EPA-registered technology providing the first no-rinse cleaner and sanitizer for dry- or low-moisture processing environments.

Peacock Engineering Company has entered into an agreement to acquire Anaheim, CA-based L&L Foods, a provider of high-volume, single-serve/portion-control packages of food products.

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.