Sustainability

PACK EXPO International 2024 Offers Robust Sustainability Education Programs

Companies including Dow, Amazon, Clorox, Nestle, Dr. Bronner's, WestRock, and Conagra will share best practices at the new Sustainability Central exhibit.

June 25, 2024

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Automation & Digital Transformation

Success Stories of Implementing AI Technology in Packaging

Companies are finding unique applications for AI technology in packaging, improving operations from processing to facility security.

June 20, 2024

Sterilization/Pasteurization

Model Guides Food Safety Decisions for Milk Processors

Researchers have developed a way to assess the foodborne illness danger from strains of bacteria that can withstand the heat treatment of common pasteurization techniques.

June 19, 2024

Inspection

bioMérieux's GENE-UP® CAMPYLOBACTER Selected as Method of Choice by USDA-FSIS

bioMérieux

In-vitro diagnostics company's assay chosen by USDA-FSIS for Campylobacter detection in USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service Laboratories.

June 19, 2024

Software

Kraft, Walmart, & WestRock Dish on Demand Planning, Supply Chain Platform Implementation

Brand owners, retailers, and packaging suppliers exist on complex, often disparate supply chain tech stacks. These increasingly are being integrated into single-source-of-truth platforms, and while implementation is hard, early adopters offer this advice.

June 19, 2024

Regulatory

Contaminant Regulations Pose Challenges for Processors

Federal guidelines and independent state rules that are often not aligned can create significant hurdles for the industry to maintain consistent compliance for contaminants.

June 17, 2024

Sustainability

Danone, Michelin and Others Join to Develop Large-Scale Fermentation

The goal of the Biotech Open Platform is to accelerate the development of precision fermentation to produce more sustainable products.

June 14, 2024

Food Safety

Testing Shows High Levels of Lead in Cassava-Based Veggie Puffs for Kids

Lesser Evil’s snack puffs have the highest lead content out of 80 baby foods Consumer Reports has tested since 2017.

June 11, 2024

Food Safety

Avian Influenza and Dairy’s Food Safety Image

As the H5N1 virus continues to spread further into dairy, the industry will need to better understand—and communicate—any risks to the food supply.

June 11, 2024

Regulatory

Public Health Alert Issued for Wow Bao Retail Packages Shipped to Walmart

The Thai-style curry bao boxes may actually contain teriyaki bao instead, which has known allergens soy and sesame that aren't declared on the label.

June 10, 2024

Sterilization/Pasteurization

Hiperbaric Opens New Shanghai Office to Expand into China's Booming HPP Food Market

Hiperbaric - High Pressure Processing

New Shanghai office in Free Trade Zone to drive Hiperbaric's expansion as China's leading High Pressure Processing (HPP) equipment provider.

June 6, 2024

Home

Bottled Water Processing Market Projected at $457 Billion by 2028

A new study attributes the growth to rising public demand for healthy drinking water, along with innovations in processing technologies that produce high-quality bottled water.

June 5, 2024

Food Safety

FDA Reorganization Promises More Effective Food Safety

Significant steps in the creation of a unified Human Food Program will enhance the agency’s ability to protect the public from foodborne illness and other food safety risks.

June 4, 2024