Issue Archive

Contrite Maple Leaf Vaults to Forefront of Food Safety
After a 2008 outbreak of listeria killed 22 consumers, Maple Leaf Foods promised it would become a leader In food safety and would share any knowledge it had on the subject with other processors. In Part 3 of our series on food safety in the food processing industry, we talk about food safety ...

Cracks in Our Food Safety Systems
A 3-Part Series on one of the most important topics facing food processors today: Food Safety.

Note to Snack Foods: Get Well Soon
Twin-screw extruders are key as processors crank out better-for-you 'salty' snacks.

FoodBiz Kids: Near-Unanimous Praise for Ultragrain Pasta
Ultragrain Pasta from ConAgra Mills scores big for our 7th and 8th grade testers.

Congress Scrambles to Pass Food Safety Legislation
As Congress has argued over health care reform, financial reform, two wars, a mortgage crisis and unemployment, amending the U.S. food safety system was put on the back burner. In Part 1 of our series on food safety in the food processing industry, we investigate the legislative issues behind ...

Food Safety: The Next Generation of Track and Trace
Does the government's track and trace system work when it comes to recalls and safety? In Part 2 of our series on food safety in the food processing industry, we investigate the regulatory issues behind food safety.

Logistics Q&A: How Technology Has Changed Logistics
An ask-the-expert series focusing on plant operations and logistics.

MRO Q&A: Why hasn't predictive maintenance developed faster in food & beverage plant operations?
MRO Q&A is a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants.

Keeping Animal Protein Natural
… Yet safe, affordable and on-trend. These are the challenges faced by processors of meat, poultry and seafood.

Processing Part of Pack Expo
Despite the departure of Process Expo, food-focused processing will continue at the fall packaging show.

Editor's Plate: Random Notes From China
On stevia, curing the world's ills and entering ‘the China century.'

Four Mistakes Food Processors Make in California
The Golden State has higher wage and hour practices than federal standards.

IFT and Process Expo: One Time, Two Shows
For the first and only time, IFT Food Expo and FPSA Process Expo shared Chicago's McCormick Place.

Food Processing Awards Kettle Foods Green Plant of the Year
Kettle Foods in Beloit, Wis. receives the first ever Green Plant of the Year Award for making a greener potato chip.

Favorite Prototypes At IFT Delight The Palate More Than The Brain
Our news and trends editor professes her personal bliss (and bias) for all things delicious.

New Food Rollout: September 2010
New food and beverage products now available on store shelves.

MRO Q&A: Where and how does a preventive maintenance program fit in with our normal routine maintenance program?
MRO Q&A is a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants.