Food Safety

Triumph Foods Reports 373 Workers Positive for Coronavirus

All the COVID-19 positive employees and contact workers at Buchanan County, Missouri pork processing plant were asymptomatic.

May 5, 2020

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Food Safety

Tyson Resumes Operations at Logansport Facility, Rolls Out On-site Health Care Services

While the Logansport facility was closed, the meat processor added more workstation barriers, installed more hand sanitizer dispensers, and did additional deep cleaning and sanitation.

May 4, 2020

Food Safety

Tyson Foods Suspending Operations at Iowa Plant

Company plans to indefinitely suspend operations at Waterloo, Iowa pork plant due to COVID-19 concerns.

April 21, 2020

Dry Processing

Cornering the Co-Packing Market

Honeyville seeks to stake a claim in the co-packing market for blended dry mix products with state-of-the-art blending equipment, a proprietary heat treatment system, and diverse packaging lines.

April 17, 2020

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Good Foods Manages Production Fluctuations during COVID-19 Pandemic

As a result of COVID-19, Good Foods has added face shields and masks, reconstructed traffic patterns to limit exposure, added an hour between shifts, and placed floor markings to further adhere to social distancing.

April 15, 2020

Cleaning and Sanitation

A Guide for the CIP Multiverse

The OpX CIP document is a treasure trove of information on CIP systems. It has documents, recommendations, and legacy knowledge in one place and guides users through a clear, stepwise process to ensure an effective CIP system.

April 13, 2020

Inspection, Sorting & Weighing

Tyson Foods Installs Walk-Through Temperature Scanners

The company is installing more than 150 infrared temperature scanners in its production facilities in response to COVID-19.

April 14, 2020

Food Safety

Coronavirus Testing for U.S. Food Plant Workers May Be Offered

Program under consideration by Trump administration due to COVID-19 outbreaks at food manufacturing facilities

April 10, 2020

Liquid Processing & Handling Equipment

Busch Rotary Vane Vacuum Pump Wins Vacuum Efficiency Test

Busch Vacuum Solutions

TÜV Süd direct comparison demonstrates oil-lubricated rotary vane vacuum pump’s superiority over oil-sealed screw vacuum pump.

April 9, 2020

Cleaning and Sanitation

COVID-19 Update: Worker Welfare, Hazard Pay, and Cleanliness

CPGs and OEMs alike are following strict social distancing, temperature testing, and other measures to keep personnel safe, but hazard pay is not widespread.

April 9, 2020

Inspection

Duravant Acquires WECO

Moves into new markets with equipment and software solutions that are complementary to current offerings

March 26, 2020

Food Safety

FDA Releases Action Plan to Advance the Safety of Leafy Greens

Agency announces ways it will work to prevent and respond to STEC outbreaks in a commodity that has been “too often implicated” in cases of foodborne illness

March 6, 2020

Processing Instrumentation

Opening Up Measurement Capabilities in Dairies, Breweries and More

Traditionally playing in oil and gas and chemical industries, Vega is making a move to a wide range of food and beverage applications with its new pressure and level sensors.

February 26, 2020