Plant Operations and Engineering

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Industry Perspective

Integrate Electrical Safety, Food Safety to Further Mitigate Risk in Food Plant Design

Nov. 12, 2024
A holistic approach to electrical and food safety standards while designing food processing plants and systems can help companies advance safety and reliability and stay ahead...
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Plant Operations and Engineering

Worker Safety: Processors Still Need to Ramp Up Effort

Nov. 8, 2024
Although food & beverage processors have made significant efforts to keep their employees safe, worker safety requires even more ingenuity to protect all workers every day.
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Technology

Process Control Solutions Innovate through Digitization, AI and Machine Learning

Oct. 4, 2024
As food & beverage processors look to sharpen their process controls and create more efficiency in operations, digitization, artificial intelligence and machine learning continue...
Plant Operations and Engineering

Popularity of Pets Provides Big Opportunities for Pet Food Processors

Aug. 9, 2024
As the popularity of pet ownership increases in the U.S. (and in other countries), the pet food processing category is responding to keep all those furry friends well-fed and ...
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Plant Operations and Engineering

Campbell’s Paris, Texas, Plant to Lose Soup Operations, Shift to Sauce, Salsa

July 26, 2024
Nearly half the plant’s 680 workers to be affected by the transition of the plant away from soup production to focus on sauce and salsa over the next two years.
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Plant Safety

Processors Can Minimize Impact When Disaster Strikes — with Proper Planning

July 17, 2024
Developing and practicing an emergency response plan can help mitigate risk, minimize business interruption and save lives in the event of a catastrophic event at a processing...
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Beverage Products

Generous Brands (Bolthouse Farms) Will Co-Man Certain Sambazon Products

June 28, 2024
Manufacturer of açaí-based juices, smoothies and other products looks to benefit from Generous Brands’ capabilities and distribution network.
Animal Proteins

Cargill Meat Solutions Sells Fresno, California, Beef Plant to Central Valley Meat

May 8, 2024
Hanford, Calif.-based meat processor plans to retain as many of the 880 workers at the plant as possible after the deal.
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Dairy, Cheese, Eggs

Prairie Farms Dairy to Produce Lactose-Free Products in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Plant

May 2, 2024
Production of gallons of lactose-free whole and 2% milk, as well as cottage cheese and sour cream, will begin in late May, hitting store shelves in June.
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End Flap

End Flap: Let’s Worry About the Real Danger

May 23, 2022
Don’t let food processing plant fire conspiracy nonsense distract from ongoing worker safety issues.
International

Nestlé Adjusts to Production During Wartime

April 25, 2022
Nestlé is keeping operations going in Ukraine by means such as converting below-ground space in its plants into bomb shelters.
International

Ukraine War Roils Global Agriculture

April 8, 2022
The war in Ukraine continues to have devastating effects on agriculture and the food industry in Ukraine, Russia and the rest of the world.
International

Mondelez Factory in Ukraine Suffers Significant Damage

April 4, 2022
The company says its Trostyanets plant suffered signifiant damage due to military action as a result of war, adding that no employees were injured in the attack.