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A House and Senate Conference Committee finally came to an agreement on an extra $50 million for the FDA’s 2012 budget.

Shipments in 2010 saw a 12-percent jump over 2009.

While the markets for baby food in developed countries may have slowed, the market has taken off in undeveloped countries.

Food and beverage manufacturers periodically have to remove their out-of-spec product from either the market or from getting to the market to ensure quality and safety for their customers. When this happens, the manufacturers often employ the services of a full-goods certified destruct company.

Italian meat producer, D’Autore, is a perfectionist when it comes to the quality of its packaged meat products, which include cured ham, bresaola, salami and other deli items. Its single, highly automated facility in Castelnuovo Rangone employs 35 people, where products are packed for private-label customers as well as the D’Autore brand.

Sugar cane and sugar beet growers have filed an amended complaint in Federal court charging that corporate members of the Corn Refiners Association (CRA)—makers of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)—are misleading the public.

Prestage Foods, a 260,000-sq.-ft. turkey processing plant in St. Pauls, NC saw construction begin on a solar thermal farm, which will supply an estimated 100,000 gallons of hot water per day for use in its operations. Supplied by FLS Energy, the solar hot water project is expected to be one of the more significant solar-thermal energy systems built in the US.

Campbell Soup Company has entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) and land lease agreement with American Capital Energy (ACE) to construct a 2.3 mega-Watt capacity photovoltaic (PV) solar power generation ground-mount tracker system on 14 acres of the processor’s facility in Sacramento, CA. The plant supplies Campbell’s soups, sauces and beverages to 10 Western states and the Far East.

Sara Lee Corp. announced an agreement to sell its fresh bakery businesses in Spain and Portugal to Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. for approximately $154 million. The agreement includes all Sara Lee fresh bakery brands in Spain and Portugal as well as seven manufacturing facilities.

FSMA's effectiveness is questioned. President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) nearly a year ago, but whether the new law will be fully implemented anytime soon remains an open question.