Food Engineering

Food and beverage manufacturers are discovering that machine learning is a vital ingredient in moving to predictive maintenance strategies. Larger food companies have the jump on digital transformations, but smaller companies are starting small and increasing spending to start the journey. 

Poor cybersecurity practices can result in disastrous consequences, though many incidents occur through simple mistakes or forgotten equipment settings. We point out some methods to help alleviate the human error that can result in disaster.

Building on principles for drying and curing meat and cheese, Cannatrol has developed technology to control water activity in cannabis, leading to higher yields, improved terpene retention and reduced labor.

The use of transportation management systems has become crucial in today's supply chain operations to mitigate the impact of unexpected delays, improve communication between stakeholders, and optimize planning for more efficient logistics processes.

Though breweries face production and staffing challenges, there are opportunities for them to optimize operations — particularly through clean-in-place (CIP) systems.

FDA considers the following action levels to be achievable by the food industry when control measures are taken to minimize the presence of lead.