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2019 Food and Beverage Industry Outlook

From cultured meat to cannabis and trade wars to labeling changes, 2019 will brings new challenges for food and beverage processors.

Happy new … challenges! The new year brings with it a bunch of, shall we say, opportunities to move your food or beverage business ahead, or at least not to get left behind.2018 saw two seemingly far-off topics – cannabis ingredients and cultured meat – brought to the here and now. There also was some serious realignment of the largest companies. In the past, most purchases brought the acquirer into new markets, but several deals toward the end of 2018 saw big companies shedding recent acquisitions that were going nowhere in favor of focusing on their legacy products and markets.What will 2019 bring? There are a couple of sure things, foremost among them the…

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January 2019 Issue

Our January issue is filled with forecasts and outlooks for the food and beverage industry in 2019. From formulation trends to manufacturing outlooks, we've got the entire food and beverage industry covered. Be sure to check out Dave Fusaro's Food and Beverage Industry Outlook for a complete look at what we can expect out of 2019.

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Food Safety and Regulatory Issues for 2019: Traceability, Interventions, and Cannabis

By David Acheson of The Acheson Group

David Acheson, former associate commissioner for foods in the FDA, recently discussed talked about two of his five food safety and regulatory expectations for 2019. You can read about those first two expectations here.Below are the remaining three for 2019.TraceabilityWe can expect to see the use…
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A Closer Look at 2019’s Food Safety and Regulation Issues

By David Acheson of the Acheson Group

Expecting 2019 to be another interesting, stimulating year for the food industry, we have compiled our predictions into five topic areas. This month we deal with food safety regulation and food trends; next month we look into traceability, food safety issues and interventions and cannabis.Food…
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Equipment Round Up: January 2019

Color-code tools for safetyColor-coding of tools is key to this supplier's philosophy of food safety. To that end, brown, lime and gray have been added to its line of color-coded tools, bringing the total number of colors to 12. These three additional colors give facilities more options and have…
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Ingredient Round Up: January 2019

Lentil functional flourLentil flour is a protein-rich, functionally equivalent substitute for modified starches that can be listed as simply “lentil flour” in an ingredient statement. This clean-label product is made using just non-GMO lentils, water and heat. It can boost protein content…
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Editor's Plate: Romaine Recall Proves One Up/One Down Is Not Enough

By Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief

I bet your Thanksgiving dinner did not include romaine lettuce. And maybe not Christmas dinner either.As you were grocery shopping for the first of those holidays, the Centers for Disease Control, in conjunction with the FDA and USDA, warned consumers not to eat any romaine lettuce until the source…
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2019 Food and Beverage Industry Outlook

By Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief

Happy new … challenges! The new year brings with it a bunch of, shall we say, opportunities to move your food or beverage business ahead, or at least not to get left behind.2018 saw two seemingly far-off topics – cannabis ingredients and cultured meat – brought to the here and now. There also…
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