Food Engineering articles from April 2001

Food Engineering archives from April 2001

The final word on ergonomics?
April 1, 2001... WELL, WOULDN'T YOU KNOW. No sooner was our March report on complying with OSHA's Ergonomics Program Standard sent to press than Congress, wielding the obscure and hitherto untested Congressional Review Act (CRA), voted to repeal the...

Congress repeals ergonomics regulation.
April 1, 2001... In a surprise move last month, Congress employed a little known law to overturn the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Ergonomics Program Standard. The same law prohibits OSHA from issuing another similar rule unless...

USDA resubmits proposed regulations to Federal Register.
April 1, 2001... On February 20, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resubmitted to the Federal Register a proposed regulation to help prevent contamination of Listeria and other harmful pathogens. Originally submitted in January 2001, the proposed...

Perdue adopts Ultra-High-Pressure to fight pathogens.
April 1, 2001... Processor Perdue Farms is installing ultra-high pressure to destroy food-borne pathogens in the production of its prepared poultry products. Supplied by Flow International, the "Fresher Under Pressure" system is "a promising technology to...

Industry & People.
April 1, 2001... Hershey Foods has Chosen a Kraft Foods' Nabisco executive to head the world's largest candy maker, the third Nabisco executive to be chosen to lead a major consumer-products company this year. Richard H. Lenny was named Hershey's chief...

Report alleges problems with model chicken inspections.
April 1, 2001... A report compiled by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) suggests that as many as 40 percent of chickens heading to supermarket from plants participating in an experimental "model" inspection program were contaminated with sores, scabs and...

Greenpeace says corn dogs contain Starlink.
April 1, 2001... Environmental group Greenpeace says it has detected traces of an unapproved, gene-altered corn variety, in vegetarian corn dogs produced by Kellogg Co, and has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to seek a recall of the product. ...

Public Citizen files complaint against irradiated meat company.
April 1, 2001... Consumer watchdog Public Citizen has filed a false advertising complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that the web site of Huisken Meats Inc. tells consumers that its ground beef products have been electronically pasteurized...

Are tuna cans on the way out?
April 1, 2001... The three leading tuna brands introduce retort pouches REGARDLESS OF HOW CONSUMERS FEEL ABOUT tuna in pouches instead of cans, somebody obviously likes the idea. Taking their cue from H.J. Heinz's StarKist unit, Chicken of the Sea and...

Packaging options increase for irradiated beef.
April 1, 2001... The logjam finally may be breaking in getting FDA approval for packaging films for use with irradiated beef. Research scientists at the National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST) in suburban Chicago last month received FDA...

Improved performance nets award.
April 1, 2001... Metallized film that boosts barrier properties and improves puncture resistance while providing a superior printing surface has been honored with the technical award for food packaging by the Association of Industrial Metallizers, Coaters and...

Lowering humidity with high-volume fans.
April 1, 2001... At a Minnesota food storage facility, dehumidification via ventilation wasn't an option DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF TEMPERATURE controls in its warehouses, processor All American Foods, Inc., a Mankato, Minn.-based maker of dry food and...

FDA restricts, import of European animal products.
April 1, 2001... The order puts an outright ban on some products THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG Administration (FDA) has imposed restrictions on the import of European animal products after Britain's outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) spread to the...

Listeria risk evaluated among 20 food types.
April 1, 2001... THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducted a joint study of 20 food categories for public health risk from listeria monocytogenes, finding meat and seafood are among the most susceptible....

EPA Issues biotech rule.
April 1, 2001... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says the "split pesticide registration" that allowed StarLink corn to be approved solely for use as animal feed is no longer an option for products produced by biotechnology. At the same time, the...

2001 Plant Construction Survey.
April 1, 2001... Designers and builders refine their project delivery methods in order to better serve food industry clients History may have turned a page with the millennium s dawning, but the story remained much the same for food companies undertaking...

web promotes COLLABORATION But ... How Soon?
April 1, 2001... Both trust and integration with customer standards must evolve before food manufacturers can truly collaborate with retail and foodservice customers. CCPFR -- Collaborative Planning, Forecasting & Replenishment -- is one of the latest buzz...

Food Processing & SPC.
April 1, 2001... IMPROVING PROCESSES IS THE BEST WAY TO BOOST QUALITY, AND STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL IS SHOWING THE WAY. A generation of engineers has grown up since statistical process control (SPC) became SOP in U.S. manufacturing. SPC is the...

Focus on Bulk Processing.
April 1, 2001... Controlling bulk density Spray dried products such as cheese powder, nondairy creamer or baby formula have to meet bulk density targets to provide consistent weight during packaging. The gentle action of the Comil size reduces the...

NewProducts.
April 1, 2001... Bag pre-conditioner In many industrial environments, bulk bags are stored for long periods. During that time, environmental elements cause the material within the bulk bags to compact and become very hard When this happens, it becomes very...

Predictive Models Boost Tuna Yields.
April 1, 2001... Intelligent software continuously models heat transfer and adjusts process for optimum results. FMC FOODTECH RECENTLY INTRODUCED A model predictive control system to optimize the tuna pre-cook process. To learn more about the system, Food...