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Food Engineering June 1, 2005 Fassl et al. |
28th Annual Plant Construction Survey: Extreme Makeovers Dominate Projects and budgets remain flat as food and beverage processors put their money into updating existing assets and improving food safety measures.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 |
Plant of the Year embraces best practices, technological innovation The Bell & Evans poultry processing plant in Fredericksburg, PA, was honored as Food Engineering's 2005 plant of the year. The plant's centerpiece is a multi-phase air-chill system that replaces conventional immersion chilling.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 |
Plant Openings & Expansions IFP North America building aseptic multi-fruit plant in Erie, PA... Albuquerque Tortilla Co. breaks ground on plant addition... Archer Daniels Midland upgrading, expanding Bahia, Brazil cocoa processing facility... Tyson Foods to double office space at Springdale, AR... etc.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 |
Regulatory Watch FDA proposes allowing safe handling statement for shell eggs on the inside lid of egg cartons... Dairy states push for Quality Cheese Act to protect products labeled as domestic natural cheese...  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 |
Industry & People Peter Swinburn new CEO of Coors Brewers Ltd... Hormel Foods completes acquisition of Lloyd's Barbeque from General Mills... Kraft Foods selling fruit snacks operation to Kellogg... Chiquita Brands International to buy Fresh Express from Performance Food Group... etc.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins |
Automation's Achilles' Heel Food plant engineers may shrug with indifference at the issue of controls-system security. But while networked systems, remote diagnostics and processing-floor visibility offer great benefits, the enabling technology can be a gateway for malicious intent.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins |
Food Automation & Manufacturing 2005 Conference and Expo: Information Abundance Shifting markets are impacting production demands in food processing, says keynote speaker at Food Automation & Manufacturing 2005 Conference and Expo.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 Kevin T. Higgins |
Not (just) about size Filtration and fractionation are all about different particulate sizes, right? Guess again. Besides drinking water, dairy is the biggest processing application for filtration. Uses for beer, wine and vinegar are growing, as well.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 Joyce Fassl |
Productivity improvements may be somewhere over the rainbow Food manufacturers that have added color to the process floor often realize more benefits than they initially expected. Example: blue conveyor belts installed to reduce eye fatigue also made the product easier to see.  |
Food Engineering June 1, 2005 Richard F. Stier |
From the frying pan into the fryer Deep-fat frying is used throughout the world because it is quick, and because fried foods taste good. Yet, how healthy -- and safe -- is the frying process? Are allergens an issue for fried foods?  |
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