With consumers more focused on health and nutrition, and empowered by the internet to follow the latest trends, food companies that cater to their needs will be rewarded, and those who lag behind punished by a growing segment of the market.

OH SNAP! Pickling Co. installs new high-speed, end-of-line packaging machines from SOMIC to handle increasing demand.

Fresh Express expanded its bagged salad recall to include many lettuce mixes and coleslaw with iceberg lettuce, red cabbage or carrot that investigators say are the likely cause of a cyclospora outbreak.

Eagle Product Inspection has found that deploying advanced X-ray systems at critical control points (CCPs) in the production and packaging process is a crucial, proactive step in mitigating risks from physical hazards. Although it is not possible to eliminate all the risks that lead to foodborne illness and injury, Eagle says that manufacturers can take steps to identify and prevent biological, chemical, allergenic and physical hazards.

Since the beginning of June, seven businesses have recalled products that did not note allergens on their labels.

According to a story reported by Cincinnati Public Radio News, a Michigan-based car manufacturer making ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic reached out to Cincinnati-based Richards Industrials and asked if they could supply the particular valve needed immediately.