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Portable Energy Solutions
July 11, 2011 9:40 am | CommentsThe company's Portable Air Division has become the Portable Energy Division, a name to reflect its extended product portfolio, which includes compressors, on-site generators, light towers and pumps. The new division focuses on five pillars: air, power, light, water and used equipment. The extended product offering, along with a greater focus on the construction business as a part of the new Construction Technique business area, is designed to provide customers with the best service.
European E. Coli Blamed For Arizona Death
July 11, 2011 5:06 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsATLANTA (AP) — Health officials have confirmed the first American death tied to the food-poisoning outbreak in Europe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday said lab tests show an Arizona man was infected with the same E. coli bacteria blamed for the outbreak centered in Germany.
Study Uncovers False Salmon Labeling
July 11, 2011 5:03 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsSEATTLE (AP) — Wild-caught Pacific salmon is more myth than reality on some Puget Sound restaurant menus, a study at the University of Washington Tacoma has found. About 38 percent of samples from Tacoma-area restaurants showed a menu was promoting farm-raised Atlantic salmon as wild-caught Pacific salmon, or calling a coho a king.
Pollution Poses Problem For Wash. Oysters
July 11, 2011 5:00 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsSAMISH ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — For over 75 years, Blau Oyster Co. has relied on Washington state's cool clean waters to grow the plump oysters that are as prized in the Northwest as salmon and orcas. But too much pollution from animal and human waste has been washing into Samish Bay in north Puget Sound, prohibiting shellfish harvests 38 days already this year.
Radioactive Beef, Feed Found In Japan
July 11, 2011 4:57 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsFUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) — High levels of radioactive cesium were detected in straw fed to cattle at a farm in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, local officials said Monday, fueling suspicion it was the source of the radioactive contamination found in the meat of cows shipped from there.
Former Sardine Cannery Gets New Life With Lobster
July 11, 2011 4:52 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The billboard-sized aluminum fisherman standing outside what was the last full-time sardine cannery in the U.S. no longer holds an oversized tin of Beach Cliff sardines. The hulking fisherman is now grasping an old-fashioned wooden lobster trap in his arms.
Photo Of The Day: Shrimping Success
July 11, 2011 4:48 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | Comments(AP) — In this photo taken July 1, 2011, Darryl Brown holds some of the Pacific white shrimp he, his wife and son raise at their farm in Fowler, Ind. Brown, who sells the shrimp live for $15 a pound to restaurants, at farmers’ markets and to visitors to his northern Indiana farm, began raising the shrimp last year in an old barn he converted into a nursery for young shrimp.
Hog Farm Owner Faces Prison Term
July 8, 2011 4:48 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsNEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say the owner of a Columbus County hog farm faces up to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the Clean Water Act for discharging hog waste directly into a stream that leads to the Waccamaw River. Federal authorities say Freedman Farms Inc.
7-Eleven Meals Recalled For Listeria
July 8, 2011 4:44 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsHONOLULU (AP) — About 1,550 pounds of packaged meals sold in Hawaii 7-Eleven stores are being recalled. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday Honolulu-based Warabeya U.S.A is recalling the meals that may be contaminated with listeria. The recall includes fried chicken and teriyaki chicken boxed meals, known in Hawaii as bentos.
Sara Lee Names New CFO
July 8, 2011 4:41 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsDOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (AP) — Sara Lee Corp. has named Maria Henry as its chief financial officer of the company's North American operations. Henry, 44, will also serve as chief financial officer for the entire company after Sara Lee completes a spinoff of its international coffee and tea business in spring 2012.
Egg Producers, Humane Society Propose Cage Laws
July 8, 2011 4:39 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsWASHINGTON (AP) — Threatened with a series of state laws cracking down on cramped cages, the egg industry on Thursday said it would agree to seek federal regulation to improve conditions for egg-laying hens. In an unusual move, the United Egg Producers announced the effort in a joint appearance with the Humane Society of the United States.
Japanese Restaurant Closes After Fatal Food Poisonings
July 8, 2011 4:35 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsKANAZAWA, Japan (Kyodo) — Food Forus Co., operator of a "yakiniku" barbecue restaurant chain involved in a string of food poisoning cases, including fatal ones, began to dissolve itself Friday, a lawyer representing the company said. The amount of damages Food Forus needs to pay victims in the cases is believed to be at least 500 million yen, while its total debts excluding the compensation payments are estimated to reach 1 billion yen.
Photo Of The Day: Fishing For Sharks
July 8, 2011 4:32 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | Comments(AP) — In this photo taken July 5, 2011, A fisherman cuts a hammerhead shark in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador. Thousands of young sharks in danger of extinction are regularly caught by fishing boats along the Ecuadorian coast to be sold mainly to Asian markets. A 2007 presidential decree authorized fishermen to sell shark meat and fins as long as the animals were caught by accident in fishing nets.
Jamaica Bans Citrus Sales To Control Pest
July 7, 2011 4:53 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsKINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica has shuttered all citrus nurseries across the tropical country to try and check an invasive pest that carries a fast-spreading bacteria capable of devastating its $43 million commercial industry, officials said Tuesday. Jamaica's ministry of agriculture announced that all nurseries were closed until further notice and the sale of plants were prohibited to control the spread of the incurable "citrus greening" disease, which has hobbled citrus production in parts of China and infested millions of dead and dying trees in Florida and Brazil.
3D Chocolate Printing: Creating Custom Confections
July 7, 2011 4:50 am | by Manufacturing and retail could get a boost from a newly-developed 3D chocolate printer. | CommentsIn the long term, the technology could be used by customers to design many different products themselves – tailor-made to their needs and preferences. The project is being led by the University of Exeter in collaboration with the Brunel University and software developer Delcam.
Food Companies Get Sneaky With Veggies
July 7, 2011 4:44 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsIt looks like Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, and Kraft says it tastes just like the original. But a new ingredient is lurking inside this version of the American family dinner staple — cauliflower. Don't tell the kids! Kraft Foods Inc. is the latest large food manufacturer to try hiding additional veggies in packaged foods, an effort to ride a renewed interest in healthy eating to fatter profits.
Former Beverage Exec Heads To Trial
July 7, 2011 4:40 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsPITTSBURGH (AP) — The trial of a former executive of bankrupt beverage maker Le-Nature's Inc. has begun in U.S. District Court. Robert B. Lynn, 67, the former president of the bankrupt company, is the only one charged in the case who hasn't plead guilty. His trial began Wednesday. Prosecutors claim Lynn was a conspirator in a complex scheme, but the defense says he was a dupe betrayed by Chief Executive Gregory Podlucky.
Egypt Denies Seeds Caused E. Coli
July 7, 2011 4:38 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | CommentsCAIRO (AP) — Egyptian fenugreek seeds suspected by European food inspectors to have caused a deadly E. coli outbreak were not contaminated, the Egyptian agriculture minister said Wednesday, citing lab tests. The European Food Safety Authority has said one lot of fenugreek seeds from Egypt was probably the source of the recent food poisoning outbreaks in Germany and France.
Photo Of The Day: The Power Of Tequila
July 7, 2011 4:34 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | Comments(AP) — This April 2011 photo shows workers at Destileria la Fortaleza, the last distillery in Tequila that still uses a tahona, a giant lava stone, to crush the juices from the baked agave, in Mexico. Here the juice is being pumped into a wooden fermentation vat, where it will spend about a week as the sugar ferments into alcohol.
FDA Issues Anti-Smuggling Strategy, Guidance On Dietary Ingredients
July 6, 2011 5:01 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | Comments(FDA) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that it has completed two tasks required by the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FDA has issued an anti-smuggling strategy, and issued draft guidance clarifying agency expectations on new dietary ingredients. The FDA issued an anti-smuggling strategy developed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that will help to identify and prevent smuggled foods from entering the United States and posing a threat to national security and consumer safety.
