A federal judge sentenced former peanut industry executive Stewart Parnell to 28 years in prison Monday for his role in a 2008-2009 Salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 700 and was blamed for nine deaths, USA Today reported.
Featuring more than 40 sessions, the Innovation Stage at PACK EXPO Las Vegas (Sept. 28-30; Las Vegas Convention Center) will join together the latest technology and industry leaders for a series of free educational programs, according to show organizer PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
Following a 5-year audit, the Internal Revenue Service notified the Coca-Cola Company that it owes an additional $3.3 billion in federal taxes plus interest for the period of 2007-2009, the company announced last week.
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a report on planning and preparations for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in advance of a potential recurrence of the disease when birds migrate south this fall.
PMMI, Koelnmesse and IDFA joined forces to launch ProFood Tech, a new event that will focus on processing and production technologies serving the food and beverage industry.
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) awarded 109 diary company operations with IDFA Diary Industry Safety Recognition Awards and Achievement Certificates.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has confirmed that frozen, raw, stuffed and breaded chicken products produced by Aspen Foods, a division of Koch Poultry Company have the same Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak strain which was part of a July 15 recall.
Students from South Dakota State University earned all top honors at the 94th annual Collegiate Dairy Products Evaluations Contest held during the International Dairy Show in Chicago this week.