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Food Safety

USDA, FDA announce coordination agreement

Plan is designed to streamline food rules enforcement through more cooperation

February 2, 2018

The USDA and FDA have announced a formal agreement designed to make food oversight more efficient by increasing cooperation between the two agencies.

Tax reform considerations for manufacturers

What the new tax bill could mean for manufacturers big and small.

Debra Schug

February 1, 2018

While most of the changes appear to benefit food and beverage manufacturers, there a few key areas businesses should be aware of.

Corporate merger

Dr Pepper Snapple, Keurig Green Mountain to merge

Newly formed Keurig Dr Pepper hopes to create challenger in the beverage industry.

Crystal Lindell

January 29, 2018

The newly created Keurig Dr Pepper will have the distribution capability to reach virtually every point-of-sale in North America.

Fast food packaging

McDonald’s pledges all sustainable packaging by 2025

Fast food company says it will only use packaging from renewable, recycled, or certified sources.

Crystal Lindell

January 29, 2018

By 2025, 100 percent of the fast food restaurant’s guest packaging will come from renewable, recycled, or certified sources with a preference for Forest Stewardship Council certification.

U.S. yogurt market sales approach $9 billion at retail

Segment expected to grow through 2022, says Packaged Facts report.

Crystal Lindell

January 29, 2018

In the new report The Yogurt Market and Yogurt Innovation, 3rd Edition, market research firm Packaged Facts estimates retail dollar sales in the U.S. yogurt industry were just shy of $9 billion in 2017.

Employee safety

OSHA fines poultry plant for amputation hazards, other violations

Koch Foods of Gainesville LLC faces $208,977 of proposed penalties.

Crystal Lindell

January 29, 2018

OSHA cited Koch Foods of Gainesville LLC with a repeat violation for exposing employees to amputation hazards by failing to provide machine guarding.

Food Safety

Green beans, mixed vegetables recalled

Vegetables may be contaminated with Listeria

Casey Laughman

January 26, 2018

National Frozen Foods Corporation is voluntarily recalling Not-Ready-To-Eat, Individually Quick Frozen green beans and mixed vegetables because they could potentially be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The plant-based food trend continues to grow

Some big food companies, like Campbell’s, are signaling moves into this growing sector.

Debra Schug

January 24, 2018

According to recent Nielsen data, the plant-based foods sector grew more than 8 percent in 2017, and the plant-based milk category is up 3 percent since last year, outpacing sales of cow’s milk over the same period.

Packaging

Tree Top works with Sonoco to launch clear pouches

See-through applesauce pouches allow parents and children to see it before they squeeze it.

Crystal Lindell

January 21, 2018

The new pouches were created as a response to a greater need for transparency in food packaging, and to address the concern about not being able to see food before consuming it.

How 5 different generations shop for groceries

Acosta's The Why? Behind The Buy profiles five generations of grocery shoppers, including Generation Z.

Crystal Lindell

January 21, 2018

Birth rates are declining, the population is aging and for the first time ever, five distinct generations of shoppers are in the grocery aisles, each with their own set of characteristics and attributes that influence shopping behaviors.