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  August 17, 2026
 
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The move will preserve hundreds of jobs — but hundreds more will still be out of work.

 

 
A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration outside offices in Silver Spring, Md., Dec. 10, 2020.

Currently, companies can decide for themselves if an ingredient is “generally recognized as safe.”

 
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The company is acquiring a Mississippi counterpart and adding a new facility nearby.

 

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There’s a big difference between looking compliant and actually being compliant. Learn how airborne food dust silently compromises the very systems inspectors monitor for compliance.

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Taylor Farms boxes are loaded on a field in the town of Doctor Mora, Guanajuato, Mexico, March 26, 2008.

The announcement followed its recall of iceberg lettuce in a multistate cyclospora outbreak.

 
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When it comes to food manufacturing, sometimes the biggest risks are in the air you're breathing.

 
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The new cheddar-flavored crackers will debut later this year.

 

Whether you’re in bottling or beef, CarboNet chemistry improves treatment performance while reducing your chemical and labor costs. It’s worth a toast. Perhaps with cheese.

 
A coalition of farmers, consumer and environmental groups hold placards after a press conference at the Greenpeace office in Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 11, 2026.

The genetically modified rice resists diseases and tolerates the herbicide glyphosate.

 
Farmer Henrik Jan ten Cate stands in his potato field, Poortvliet, Netherlands, Aug. 11, 2026.

The drought is even hitting the Czech Republic's famed beer industry.

 
Workers unload crates of wine grapes, Corte Franca, Italy, Aug. 6, 2026.

Even a few days can mean the difference between a good vintage and a bad one.

 

One of the toughest dilemmas food processors face is being forced to make sacrifices due to equipment limitations. Whether it’s product quality, efficiency, or consistency, failing to maintain high standards in any of these core objectives drives up costs.

 
A section of the Amazon rainforest stands next to soy fields in Belterra, Brazil, Nov. 30, 2019.

Major grain traders withdrew from the pact earlier this year.

 
Compostable straws and a fork are displayed at CJ Biomaterials, Woburn, Mass., Aug. 3, 2026.

The bioplastic pellets can be turned into utensils, straws and packaging.

 
Worker Hou Yuxin packs durian fruit imported from Malaysia at a shop in Beijing, July 13, 2026.

Imports by China jumped six-fold in the past decade.

 

 
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