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Workforce

AlaTrade Foods Appoints Robert Blake as Director of Growth and Marketing

AlaTrade Foods, Inc.

The employee-owned poultry processor created the new role to strengthen AlaTrade Foods' growth strategy for market expansion across its foodservice and retail businesses.

January 5, 2026

Regulatory

Top 10 Articles of 2025, #1: FSIS Details Boar’s Head Listeria Findings in Outbreak Review

The #1 most clicked article of 2025: FSIS has provided findings of 2024’s Listeria outbreak case linked to the Jarratt, Va. facility of deli meat producer Boar’s Head.

January 5, 2026

Workforce

Top 10 Articles of 2025, #2: Burrito Plant Death Calls for Safety Shift, Experts Say

The #2 most clicked article of 2025: Three workplace safety experts from different disciplines highlight the importance of precautions, training, and culture in food manufacturing operations following a 19-year-old burrito factory employee’s death during equipment cleaning.

January 4, 2026

Processing Instrumentation

Top 10 Articles of 2025, #3: What Food Manufacturers Need to Know About Going Kosher

The #3 most clicked article of 2025: Many companies that seek certification can often do it with minimal adjustments to their existing processes and ingredients.

January 3, 2026

Robotics

Top 10 Articles of 2025, #4: Meal Service Provider Learns that Breaking Up Doesn’t Have to be Hard

The #4 most clicked article of 2025: Homestyle Direct’s purchase of a Box Crusher from Layton Systems has improved productivity and employee welfare.

January 2, 2026

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Top Episodes of 2025, #1: Organizational Design Principles

The number 1 most downloaded episode of 2025: Organizational design principles as a mood for boosting the bottom line. Processors that incorporate all staff levels into decision making can create an environment where long-term greatness is achieved.

December 31, 2025

Processing Instrumentation

Top 10 Articles of 2025, #5: Chick-fil-A Keeps Lemonade Fresh with HPP

The #5 most clicked article of 2025: The fast-food chain’s lemon juice supplier, Bay Center Foods, uses an automated HPP process to produce juice with a fresh-squeezed taste.

December 30, 2025

Processing Instrumentation

Urschel Expands KRONEN Portfolio into More Countries

Urschel Laboratories, Inc.

Italy and all areas of Asia will join the U.S., Mexico, Pakistan, and China in carrying both Urschel cutting machinery and KRONEN systems.

December 30, 2025

Processing Instrumentation

Top 10 Articles of 2025, #6: Rebellyous Foods Finds Automation, Cost, and Quality Benefits in Plant-Based Meat Production System

The #6 most clicked article of 2025: Rebellyous Foods' Mock 2 Production System has a multi-faceted impact on the company’s alternative protein processing endeavors.

December 29, 2025

Facilities, Design & Infrastructure

Top 10 Articles of 2025, #7: Tillamook Sets Sail in Decatur to Support Ice Cream Growth

The #7 most clicked article of 2025: Tillamook’s new Decatur, Ill., ice cream plant officially opened June 4, bringing the dairy producer closer to its growing customer base on the East Coast.

December 28, 2025

Software

Top 10 Articles of 2025, #8: Digital CIP Tech Helps Dairy Farmers Optimize Cleaning Processes

The #8 most clicked article of 2025: A digital clean-in-place (CIP) solution is helping Dairy Farmers of America cooperative brands evaluate and enhance the effectiveness of their processes, resulting in thousands of dollars saved in chemicals and water.

December 27, 2025

Regulatory

Top 10 Articles of 2025, #9: Navigating Red Dye Regulation Changes

The #9 most clicked article of 2025: Pablo Elizondo, an R&D manager and chemist with color expertise from German chemical manufacturer Capol, offers insight into how processors can handle the phasing out of artificial dyes with a special eye on FD&C Red No. 3.

December 26, 2025