Food Manufacturing
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  July 27, 2026
 
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Fairlife milk products are seen in New York on Friday, July 17, 2026.

Coca-Cola said it was forced to take some Fairlife operations offline.

 

 
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The snacks maker would be jointly owned by its founding family and a European counterpart.

 
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The food giant is leaving the place where M&M’s were invented after more than 80 years.

 

Your facility may look clean to the naked eye, but what about the air quality? Fine food dust travels across zones, impacts HVACs and increases hidden operational risk. Learn how leading food producers are making airborne contamination measurable.

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Their two fire-tube boilers were incurring high costs: $40-50k a year for scale cleaning and $150-200k every five years for repairs and maintenance. Adding to these costs was the loss of throughput during boiler downtime.

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A Taco Bell location in Taylor, Mich., July 14, 2026.

The agency said that a finding of cyclospora in a lettuce sample was a false positive.

 
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The recall affects nearly 1.6 million cases distributed across multiple southern states.

 
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Researchers found that most avocado oil-labeled products were adulterated with cheaper oils.

 

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A Japanese beetle sits on a leaf in Pont-Saint-Martin, Italy, July 9, 2026.

Popillia japonica, a familiar pest in the U.S., is a relative newcomer to Europe.

 
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Grocery chain Albertsons lowered its outlook amid pressure on its core business.

 
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Consistent mapping remains challenging in modern commercial orchards.

 

Poor practices for emptying bulk bags can slow production while risking material spillage and exposing dust to the plant environment. Here are some practical material-unloading tips for food processors to improve consistency, cleanliness, and throughput.

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, July 21, 2026.

The budget proposal includes $12 billion for farmers struggling under the administration's tariffs.

 
French Minister of Ecological Transition Monique Barbut at the European Council building in Brussels, Nov. 4, 2025.

An emergency agriculture bill allowed pesticides that scientists say are harmful to bees.

 
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All this over a cookie and some chips and crackers.

 

 
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