The people, companies and facilities making headlines.

The people, companies and facilities making headlines

Barvecue, producers of wood-smoked, plant-based proteins, has opened the world's largest plant-based smokehouse. The 10,000 square foot production facility, called Carolina Smokehouse, opens for production with an initial capacity of making 800,000 pounds of Barvecue a year and expects to employ 15 team members as production ramps up.

The FDA issued a final guidance, “Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals: Target Mean and Upper Bound Concentrations for Sodium in Commercially Processed, Packaged, and Prepared Foods,” which provides voluntary short-term sodium reduction targets.

Fromm is issuing a voluntary recall of approximately 5,500 cases of Fromm Shredded canned Entrée dog food due to potentially elevated levels of Vitamin D. No injuries have been reported.

A report from Research And Markets reveals that, due to cannabis being slowly accepted in various countries, some developed countries—such as Canada, Uruguay and certain states in the U.S.—have gone a step further than medical use cannabis with legalized recreational use.

To address the issue of full recyclability of pouches, the three companies have jointly developed a turnkey solution that not only enables 100% recyclability of hot-fill pouches with its new mono-polymer structure but also the spout caps, thus, bringing many ecologically responsible brands closer to reaching their sustainability goals.