Under the new USDA standards, pizza products will no longer be required to contain tomato sauce, cheese and a bread-based crust, as prescribed by current standards.

Bongards’ Creameries purchased Land O’ Lakes’ Perham, MN, cheese manufacturing facility.

Tyson Foods, Inc. named Kevin J. Igli chief environmental officer.

UCCnet, a not-for-profit organization, provides item registry and data synchronization based on industry-developed standards.

Banks, insurance companies and other institutional investors are starting to weigh the cost benefits of irradiating ground beef, poultry and other foods as part of their due diligence on loans to food processors, restaurant chains and food retailers.

General Mills is expanding its Yoplait production with an additional 380,000-sq.-ft. processing plant located near the company’s existing Pillsbury plant in Murfreesboro, TN.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. acquired Global Culinary Solutions, Inc., an integrated food product development, manufacturing and marketing company

It is with sincere sadness that we report the death of Food Engineering Contributing Editor Bill Friend.

FE’s vote for the most imaginative display at the National Canners Association Expo goes to the Foxboro Company and its computer simulated food plant.

Food manufacturers have a friend in Washington.