Packaging and hygiene solutions provider Sealed Air has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Diversey Care food hygiene and cleaning businesses from its food care division to private investment firm Bain Capital Private Equity.
JBT Corp launched a compact oven for small food processors, including poultry producers and start-ups, at the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) 2017 in Atlanta last week.
A Taylor Farms unit in Mexico has been identified as the source of the outbreak of cyclosporiasis that has sickened hundreds of people in two US states.
Meat and poultry processors can chose not to have daily cleanups of
equipment and plant as long as sanitary standards are maintained,
according to a notice from the federal Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS).
Better training procedures, new requirements on allergen and
pathogen controls, and tougher record keeping rules to ensure food
safety in processing plants, are among the legislative changes
proposed by the industry's regulator.
