Highlights

People on the Move

Golden State Foods Promotes FSQR Leader, Appoints New Liquid Products Operations Exec

April 30, 2024
Mariana Manole will lead global food safety, quality and regulatory efforts, while Steve Ross will join the company to oversee the liquid products operations in North America....
Editor's Plate

Editor's Plate: Stop Bird Flu Before it Becomes Another Global Pandemic

April 29, 2024
As avian influenza spreads to cows, humans and now our milk, unlimited resources need to be devoted before this becomes another coronavirus.
Regulatory Compliance

USDA to Test Ground Beef for Bird Flu in States with Infected Dairy Cattle

April 29, 2024
Agency will check if the virus is present in ground beef, as inactive fragments of HPAI have been found in milk originating from infected dairy cows.
Regulatory Compliance

Chicken Council Highly Critical of FSIS’ New Salmonella Rule, ‘Victory Lap’

April 29, 2024
The National Chicken Council says final rule is too restrictive, doesn’t guarantee an improvement in public health, and endangers the future of the product, companies and jobs...
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Worker Safety

OSHA Penalizes Hanover Foods for Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, Plant Safety Violations

April 25, 2024
More than 70 violations were observed, and the administration has assessed more than $761,000 in penalties to the vegetable and snacks processor.
Regulatory Compliance

School Nutrition Standards Cut Added Sugars, Some Sodium; Chocolate Milk Survives

April 24, 2024
USDA has announced final updates to the school nutrition standards; tremendous amount of feedback on February 2023 proposal helps to save flavored milk from the chopping block...
Dairy, Cheese, Eggs

Avian Influenza Case Wipes Out Nearly 2 Million Birds at Cal-Maine Texas Facility

April 3, 2024
Production has been halted and more than 1.9 million birds culled at Parmer County egg facility after HPAI was found to have infiltrated the flock.
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Energy Efficiency

Unilever Ice Cream Wins $21 Million from DoE To Reduce Carbon Emissions

March 26, 2024
Four of its U.S. plants will replace natural gas boilers with electric boilers and industrial heat pumps using waste heat recovery.
Environmental

Campbell’s Napoleon, Ohio, Plant Facing Wastewater Discharge Lawsuits

March 21, 2024
U.S. Dept. of Justice as well as two environmental groups have filed suits alleging the plant wastewater exceeds allowable pollutant levels into the Maumee River and eventually...
Editor's Plate

Editor's Plate: The Most Important Change at FDA

Jan. 30, 2024
There are many proposals and suggestions for the evolving Human Foods Program, but the most critical one should be speed.
Fruits and Vegetables

Kroger to Require Produce Suppliers to Protect Pollinators, Biodiversity

Jan. 26, 2024
New sustainability goal means produce suppliers must comply and use integrated pest management practices in the next four to six years.
Environmental

Mountaire Farms’ Millsboro, Delaware, Plant Finishes Phase 2 of Wastewater Upgrades

Jan. 26, 2024
Investment of $120 million to upgrade wastewater system mandated by settlement of lawsuits claiming poultry plant contaminated groundwater more than six years ago.
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Regulatory Compliance

Illinois Attempts to Follow California’s Lead, Proposes Food Additives Ban

Jan. 25, 2024
Illinois Food Safety Act introduced in state senate would prohibit use of brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, red dye No. 3 and titanium dioxide in packaged...