We’re entering a new era in fast foods. Now, your speedy meals may be assembled not just by human hands, but with the help of the advanced precision of robotics. An example: Chipotle, a trailblazer in culinary innovation, has joined forces with Hyphen (kitchen technology experts) and together they are cooking up something extraordinary – …
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Ice cream with vanilla flavoring sourced from recycled plastic doesn’t sound very appetizing to me, but I must give credit to Eleonora Ortolani, a Central Saint Martins Design School student in the UK for her forward thinking and desire to make better use of recycled material. “If I tell you there’s an ingredient in that …
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United States Sweet Corn season in the Pacific Northwest is now completed. Overall, the season was a strong one with abundant yields and superior quality. With the above budget crop, many processors have extra inventory and price levels have changed from firm to very aggressive. Diced Carrot processing in the Pacific Northwest will go through …
United States Green Pea harvest completed. Overall, early season pea yields came in under budget and this could reflect a 20% drop in pack for some processors. The situation is more severe for those whose fields are not irrigated and we are hearing numbers of a 50% to 60% reduction in yield due to lack …
“They say at Freshippo good things come in large quantities“ Freshippo, also named Hema Fresh is a Chinese retail company owned by Alibaba. It is best known for its innovative new retail model that is driven by big data and advanced technology. The first Freshippo was opened in Shanghai, China in January 2016. Fast forward …
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The Conference for Food Protection is a non-profit organization that was created to provide a formal process that members of industry, regulatory, academia, consumer, and professional organizations can use to provide input in the development and/or modification of food safety guidance for food safety laws and regulations at all levels of U.S. government. The U.S. …
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United States Green Pea harvest is completed. Overall, early season pea yields came in under budget and this could reflect a 20% drop in pack for some processors. The situation is more severe for those whose fields are not irrigated and we are hearing numbers of a 50% to 60% reduction in yield due to …
Sesame has now joined eight other foods considered as major food allergens by federal law. The following list includes the nine major food allergens: milk eggs fish, such as bass, flounder, cod Crustacean shellfish, such as crab, lobster, shrimp tree nuts, such as almonds, walnuts, pecans peanuts wheat soybeans Sesame became the ninth major food …
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Parmigiano-Reggiano producers have had enough. For years Italian producers of parmesan cheese have been fighting against imitation or counterfeit products that have been eating into market share and profits. As the demand for authentic, high-end cheese grows, so does the knock-off market with estimated global sales for counterfeit cheese now reaching $2 billion annually. The …
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Francine Shaw is a food safety specialist, podcaster, and co-founder of My Food Source with over 20 years of experience in the food service industry. She is an avid author having written hundreds of articles for National Trade magazines and has appeared on Dr. Oz, the BBC World Series Radio and iHeart Radio as a …
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The Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia spp) or Nopal is a traditional ingredient in Mexican cooking, dating back to pre-Colombian times. The word “nopal” comes from the Nahuatl word “nopalli” referring to the pads of the plant. As its name suggests, the prickly pear is characterized by its unique physical appearance with flat fleshy oval to …
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United States Green Pea harvest is completed. Overall, early season yields came in under budget and this could reflect a 20% drop in pack for some processors. The situation is more severe for those whose fields are not irrigated and we are hearing numbers of a 50% to 60% reduction in yield due to lack …
United States Pea harvest is underway. Overall, early season yields came in under budget and this could reflect a 20% drop in pack for some processors. The situation is more severe for those whose fields are not irrigated and we are hearing numbers of a 50% to 60% reduction in yield due to lack of …
All human and animal food from plants including plants produced through use of genetic engineering and genome editing are regulated by the FDA under the Federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). They are held to the same standards as all foods produced, processed, stored, shipped, or sold in the USA. This regulation of …
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On June 22, 2023, the USDA approved lab-grown chicken for human consumption for the first time. UPSIDE Foods and GOOD Meat (a subsidiary of food tech company Eat Just, Inc.) were given the go-ahead to sell products that have been cultivated from real animal cells. Good Meat launched in Singapore in 2020, when Singapore became …
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On May 18, 2023, the FDA published a Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Food Traceability Rule. You can also View on the FDA Website. This compliance guide describes the requirements of the Food Traceability regulation to assist small entities, including farms and small businesses to comply with the applicable …
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United States Pea plantings in the Pacific Northwest is completed and the harvest should begin first week of June. The weather has warmed up considerably in the Pacific Northwest which has brought on the pea crop sooner than expected. Sweet Corn plantings are somewhere between 50% to 75% in the ground. Grower prices were up …
The frozen food industry continues to grow as consumers want greater variety along with increased demand for convenience foods and improvements in frozen food quality. A significant factor in the success of this industry is packaging and thus knowing the preferences of consumers is important. Today, we’ll look at what shoppers like and dislike about …
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The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) estimates that “Salmonella bacteria cause 1.35 million human infections and 26,500 hospitalizations in the United States every year. Of those infections, more than 23 percent are attributed to poultry consumption. Foodborne illness can have a devastating impact, both personally and financially, on people’s lives, the cost of which …
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I may be dating myself…but I’m sure some of you remember this famous jingle… “Two all-beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions and a sesame seed bun.” It’s the BIG MAC jingle, of course. You remember it, right? I’m not ashamed to admit I still know it by heart. That’s because way back in …