Category: Facility Operations

Produce Processing | March/April 2025

Modern X-ray systems can multitask to ensure food safety

X-ray inspection equipment has moved beyond product safety into other areas of quality control for various product and packaging types.

Produce Processing | March/April 2025

Online water management platform gaining global traction

Launched in January, WaterManage4You is a new, free online tool that aims to help produce processors improve food safety in process water.

Produce Processing | March/April 2025

Microbial die-off: A complicated path to mitigate water contamination

April 7 is the first compliance date for the new provisions of the preharvest water rules under the FSMA’s Produce Safety Rule

INDUSTRY NEWS | Apr 10, 2025

Equitable Food Initiative streamlining certification process

Workforce development and certification organization Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) is streamlining its worker certification process.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Apr 04, 2025

FPS Food Process Solutions investing in US facilities

FPS Food Process Solutions has invested in a 140,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Saginaw, Michigan, to bolster its U.S. production

INDUSTRY NEWS | Apr 02, 2025

Legislation aims to buoy young growers’ access to farmland

Legislation introduced April 1 aims to address the future of farming by helping young farmers and ranchers access farmland.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Mar 21, 2025

FDA extends deadline to meet enhanced traceability requirements

FDA to extend the compliance date for FSMA 204 by 30 months. The rule was to have taken effect in January 2026.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Mar 19, 2025

ReposiTrak expands data-sharing capabilities of traceability network

ReposiTrak has expanded the capabilities of its automated network to allow suppliers to share traceability data with any customer.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Feb 25, 2025

2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties data being collected through April

Data is being collected through April 18 for the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties.

Produce Processing | January/February 2025

Defect details: Metal detection vs. X-ray

While metal detection and X-ray inspection can both detect metal contaminants, X-ray offers greater capabilities for foreign body detection.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Feb 06, 2025

PACK EXPO Southeast kicks off next month

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, is gearing up for PACK EXPO Southeast, set for March 10-12 in Atlanta.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Jan 29, 2025

Course to educate Michigan food entrepreneurs about grant writing

A new course offered by Michigan State University Extension will help Michigan food and farm business owners learn more about grant writing

INDUSTRY NEWS | Jan 24, 2025

Fresh-cut vegetable, salad producer closing NJ warehouse

Ready Pac Produce, which makes salad and other plant-based meals, is closing a New Jersey distribution center to improve efficiency.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Jan 23, 2025

AI topic of keynote address at Food Automation & Manufacturing Expo and Symposium

Automation will be a theme of the keynote presentation at the 2025 Food Automation & Manufacturing Expo and Symposium

INDUSTRY NEWS | Jan 20, 2025

IFPA to recognize retail produce managers

Nominations are open for the International Fresh Produce Association’s annual Retail Produce Manager Awards.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Jan 06, 2025

Specialty crop program gets additional funds, extended deadline

The USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is adding an additional $650 million to the Marketing for Specialty Crops (MASC) program

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