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Ep276
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Fruit Juice Exec Pleads Guilty for Selling Tainted Beverages to School Programs
Inspectors watched a rat walk across the crust on top of the juice—and that wasn't the worst of it.
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Butter at a grocery store, Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 17, 2024.
Supply Chain
Rising Butter Prices Give European Consumers and Bakers a Bad Taste
The price for the butter has risen by 25% since September alone.
December 20, 2024
Canadian certified organic farm-raised King Salmon filets are placed on a tray in a store in Fairfax, Va., April 10, 2015.
Labeling
FDA Updates the Definition of 'Healthy' Foods
The rule sets certain limits on added sugars for the first time.
December 20, 2024
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks in Frankfort, Dec. 18, 2024.
Capital Investment
Ready-Meals Business to Add Kentucky Facility, 900 Jobs
Kitchen Food Co. will spend an estimated $69 million on the Hopkinsville project.
December 20, 2024
Eggs are transferred to a machine that spots male embryos, Wilton, Iowa, Dec. 10, 2024.
Home
The U.S. Egg Industry Kills 350 Million Chicks a Year, but New Technology Offers an Alternative
The method offers a potential way to end chick culling for good.
December 19, 2024
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Capital Investment
Post Holdings to Acquire Potato Products of Idaho
The deal includes a manufacturing facility in eastern Idaho.
December 18, 2024
Top News
Northern shrimp aboard a trawler in the Gulf of Maine, Jan. 6, 2012.
Small Catch Set for New England's Long-Closed Shrimp Industry
December 18, 2024
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Butterball to Close Arkansas Plant
December 17, 2024
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General Mills Launches 'Cheerios Protein'
December 16, 2024
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Frozen Pizzas Recalled Due to 'Plastic Foreign Contaminant'
December 16, 2024
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December 10, 2024
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Facility
Leveraging AR to Boost Worker Skills, Streamline Production
The technology is seen as one way to keep pace with the increasing complexity of machinery and processes.
December 20, 2024
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New Skyscraper's Plane Problems; Anduril & Archer Team Up; Sleep Apnea Tongue Implant | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 201
Also on the podcast, what happened to Orion's heat shield, Stellantis fined over fatal accident, Butterball closes plant, Trump against automation at ports and engineers rally to make custom toys just before holidays.
December 20, 2024
Starbucks kiosk at the Walden Galleria, Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 30, 2024.
Labor
Starbucks Workers Plan Strikes that Could Include Hundreds of Stores
The strikes are scheduled to begin in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle.
December 20, 2024
Robbie Macias, Aemetis vice president of biogas, with Wickstrom Jersey Farms manager Brent Wickstrom on a dairy digester in Hilmar, Calif., May 9, 2024.
Safety
Environmental Groups Sue Over California Support for Polluting Biofuels
The lawsuits target the state's low-carbon fuel standard.
December 20, 2024
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Supply Chain
Trying to Predict Trump’s Unpredictable Trade Policies
Industry stakeholders break down the numerous variables.
December 20, 2024
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C.
Capital Investment
USDA Announces $300M in Regional Ag Promotion Grants
The funding will be split across 67 partners.
December 19, 2024
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Recalls/Alerts
Lay’s Classic Potato Chips Recalled Over Undeclared Milk
The recall applies to a limited number of 13-ounce bags.
December 19, 2024
Ep 275
Video
Colgate Testing New Toothpaste on Fake People
The company is using market research from simulated customers.
December 19, 2024
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Capital Investment
Atlantic Natural Foods Terminates Agreement with Above Foods
The plant-based food manufacturer will transition back to private ownership.
December 19, 2024
Saco Foods Dolci Baileys
Supply Chain
Dolci Frutta Announces Non-Alcoholic Collaboration with Baileys
The new "Melting Wafers" are now available in stores nationwide.
December 19, 2024
Water swirls through the Georgia Power Co. dam on the Flint River north of Albany, Ga., Aug. 18, 2003.
Supply Chain
After Victory Over Florida in Water War, Georgia Will Let Farmers Drill New Irrigation Wells
Georgia had put a halt to farmers drilling wells or taking additional water from streams and lakes in 2012.
December 19, 2024
Lamb Weston's Innovation Center, Richland, Wash.
Facility
Frozen French Fry Maker Lamb Weston Names New CEO
The move comes just days after an activist investor called for significant board and leadership changes.
December 19, 2024
Ep125
Educational Resources - FM
Security Breach: The Biggest Hacks of 2024
In looking to learn from history before repeating it, here are the biggest hacks and vital takeaways.
December 19, 2024
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Facility
Intelligent AI Video Surveillance Solutions Create Smarter, Safer & More Productive Plant Floors
By investing in the right AI-enabled video surveillance solutions, manufacturers can take big leaps toward improving plant floor productivity, workplace safety, compliance reporting, and supply chain efficiency.
December 18, 2024