For volume producers of frozen novelties, sticky conditions are a constant issue with equipment during processing.

Conferences, videos, test kits and other resources are available to food engineers seeking guidance in addressing food allergens issues.

As the U.S. government steps up efforts to reduce Salmonella Enteriditis illnesses resulting from eggs, food industry companies continue introducing treatments that either destroy the bacteria in the shell or significantly reduce its growth.

When you have to move 275 million to 300 million cans of produce a year, you can't afford delays in the packaging of your product.

When a large gum manufacturer recently decided to automate its manufacturing and distribution center, it called on Alvey Systems, Inc.

More than just an equipment change, flexible manufacturing also requires a change in thinking.

If cheesemaking is an art, then starter cultures can be likened to the temperamen tal artist, says Dan Pelgrin of Madison, Wis.-based Rhodia, Inc., a manufacturer of microbiological starter cultures for the food, dairy and agriculture industries.

Hershey Foods recently opened its 1.2 million-sq.-ft. Eastern Distribution Center.

Strong sales of the nation's first irradiated hamburger meat, which debuted in Minneapolis and St. Paul stores last month, should help alleviate concern about consumer acceptance of irradiated products.

Dean Foods Co. and Land O'Lakes Inc. have announced that Dean Foods will purchase Land O'Lakes Upper Midwest fluid milk operations.