Cleaning and Sanitation

A Sanitation-First Rebuild Helps an RTE Processor Recover

After a contamination-related event, ProFab moved from remediation to equipment rebuilds and new installations—turning an urgent response into a continuing plant partnership.

July 24, 2026

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Heating/Cooking

Standard Meat's Sous Vide Focus in a Historic Site

Take a look inside Standard Meat's new facility built in Fort Worth's historic Stockyards, with a focus on sous vide production and flexibility for customer needs.

July 22, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Vision Systems Done Right

How does machine vision reduce waste and create real-time insights? Vision systems aren’t about adding more screens to the control room. They’re about eliminating preventable risk. When implemented thoughtfully, they reduce uncertainty. Vision systems replace assumptions with confirmation and turn delayed discoveries into real-time validation.

July 22, 2026

Automation

End of the Line Video Series: More Humanoid Robots, One-Handed Rx Bottles, and an NAW Trial Re: EPR

Watch as some of the PMG editors sit down and talk about trends, insights, and the cool things that pass by our desks.

July 20, 2026

Industry News

How a Shrinking Cattle Herd is Steering Machinery Spend

Tight beef supply and labor scarcity are pushing processors toward poultry and yield-focused automation.

July 17, 2026

Inspection

Delivering Context to Food Safety Data at the Machine Level

As food processors connect machine-level data with contextualized analytics, retrofits, and AI tools, food safety programs are moving from isolated records toward real-time, risk-based decision-making.

July 17, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Potato Processor Balances High Demand and Quality with Sorting Tech

How can a processor ensure consistent quality when managing high demand? To meet needs for both high output and consistent product quality, Bem Brasil installed a Key Technology processing line capable of running 30 metric tons of frozen potato strips each hour, with a layered sorting system to find and remove any defects.

July 15, 2026

Regulatory

USDA Food Safety Reorganization and Industry Implications

USDA’s new National Food Safety Center in Iowa is part of a broader FSIS realignment that shifts support, scientific, and administrative functions closer to agricultural production while keeping frontline inspection activities unchanged.

July 15, 2026

Automation

Cutting Precision for a Peach Perfect Harvest

Two FAM STUMABO Tridis 240 dicers help Agrophoenix hit peak-season peach targets without losing yield.

July 14, 2026

Software

Workforce AI Literacy, Strategic Data Use, and Coca-Cola's Water Stewardship at IFT FIRST

From AI competency training and production data use to water stewardship, food companies are working to turn emerging trends into practical strategies in manufacturing.

July 13, 2026

Cleaning and Sanitation

The Protein Paradox: Americans Are Eating Less but Demanding More

GLP-1 adoption and clean-label preferences are pushing processors toward flexible, sanitation-ready lines rather than new capacity.

July 10, 2026

Inspection

Moving Beyond Recall Response

As recalls become a marker of deeper system vulnerabilities, food manufacturers are strengthening environmental monitoring, supplier verification, traceability, data integration, and food safety culture to stop problems before products reach consumers.

July 10, 2026

Automation & Digital Transformation

Yaskawa Achieves ISO 27001 Certification

Yaskawa America, Inc.

This validates Yaskawa America's information security management system for protecting customer and business data across connected automation and robotics operations.

July 9, 2026