Jeremy Gerrard

TECH FLASH

Senate reaches bipartisan GMO labeling deal

Under the law, companies would be required to disclose the use of GMOs through a text label, a symbol or a link to a website.

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

The bipartisan agreement would establish a national labeling requirement for foods containing GMOs.

Coalition petitions FDA to ban 8 flavorings

TECH FLASH

FDA releases 5th Annual Food Registry Report

Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat salad products and stone fruits account for the greatest number of incidents.

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

The report also recognizes four industry initiatives to improve food safety.

TECH FLASH

Process instrumentation and automation market forecast

The US process instrumentation and automation market saw a slight uptick in 2015.

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

Five US industries, including food and beverage, are expected to experience above average growth through 2020.

TECH FLASH

Yuengling settles alleged CWA violations

The brewery agreed to pay $9.8 million in penalties and wastewater treatment upgrades to settle alleged Clean Water Act violations.

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

In a complaint filed concurrently with the settlement, the US alleged Yuengling violated pretreatment permit requirements at least 141 times from 2008 to 2015.

TECH FLASH

Filtration technology leads to savings for Fonterra

An innovative application of common dairy technology is helping Fonterra make savings from waste.

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

The New Zealand company is investing $8 million in an upgrade that will reduce the company’s dependence on lactose from overseas and deliver significant cost savings.

General Mills, South Dakota State team up on oats research lab

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

The new lab will focus on advancing the sustainability and quality of oats in the US.

Nestlé names new CEO

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

Swiss food and beverage company Nestlé has tapped Ulf Mark Schneider as the company’s next CEO.

Court order shuts down California tofu manufacturer for food safety violations

Jeremy Gerrard

June 28, 2016

Federal authorities have forced a Sacramento, CA soy product manufacturer to shut down operations.

PepsiCo brings back Diet Pepsi with aspartame

Jeremy Gerrard

June 27, 2016

PepsiCo announced Monday it will reintroduce an aspartame-sweetened diet soft drink to the market.

New tools address on shelf availability

Jeremy Gerrard

June 27, 2016

A new taskforce has released the Best Practices Solutions to Address On Shelf Availability (OSA) Guide and On Shelf Availability Root Causes Ishikawa Diagram.