Tyson Foods is building a $355 million bacon plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, primarily for the production of Wright Brand and Jimmy Dean retail and foodservice products. The 400,000-square-foot facility is expected to create 450 jobs with production beginning in late 2023.
The Jury of the Italian contest Best Packaging 2021 – former Oscar dell’Imballaggio, granted the solution proposed by Taghleef Industries and Lineapack with the Best Packaging Award for the “Visionary” value, according to the Ethical Packaging Charter Foundation.
Rockwell Automation Inc. and The Pyure Company have announced a 5-year strategic agreement that will allow them to work together to provide solutions to improve indoor air quality and fight the spread of COVID-19.
Coincides with Biden-Harris administration interagency effort to protect workers, communities
October 27, 2021
In concert with a Biden-Harris administration interagency effort and its commitment to workplace safety, climate resilience and environmental justice, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is publishing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings today.
Bio-Fence’s polymer added to topcoat binds disinfectant to surface; pilot results increase in sanitization efficiency, elimination of pathogenic bacteria
October 27, 2021
An 11-week proof of concept (POC) saw Bio-Fence antimicrobial coatings applied to the floor and lower part of walls of a hot dog peeling room in a major sausage manufacturing facility in Israel.
Industry explores new ways to decrease energy usage
October 26, 2021
Food and beverage companies have been taking action to decrease their energy usage footprints in several ways. They can be active or passive in nature.
One of the biggest forms of transparency that consumers want is a look inside a company’s sustainability efforts. Previously, packaging companies relied on retailers and brands to deliver messaging about waste, recycling and circularity. But now, under pressure from NGOs and other groups to reduce waste, the packaging industry is having to address consumers directly.
Digital operations management technologies provide consumer packaged goods manufacturers the ability to calibrate their response to fluctuating market and supply conditions.