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One produces refrigerated pasta on the West Coast. The other -- on the East Coast -- specializes in frozen pastas. Besides a common interest in Italian cuisine, both Pasta Prima and Carla's Pasta Inc. recently shared operational achievements.

These food plants demonstrate industry-leading best practices in environmental achievement, worker safety and process technology. 

Food safety concerns and equipment advances make high-pressure processing more appealing to refrigerated food processors.

Perdue Incorporated, Salisbury, Md., said it is the nation's first poultry processor to receive a federal seal of verification for its chicken feeding practices.

Refrigerated and frozen soups processor Kettle Cuisine said its Chelsea, Mass., plant earned Level 2 Safe Quality Food (SQF) Certification from the SQF Institute.

Want to get yourself in hot water? Actually, that’s one of several best practices for food plant sanitation.

In conjunction with PACK EXPO this Nov. 1-2 in Chicago, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) will host a GMA Manufacturing Excellence Conference.

In the wake of the recent recall of E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce, the National Consumers League (NCL), Washington, D.C., said it is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to set minimum sanitary and safety standards for the "unregulated but crucial" pallets that are used to transport food throughout the United States.

A national food safety organization has recognized the University of California-Davis and refrigerated salad processor Fresh Express Inc. for food safety contributions in frozen and refrigerated food applications.

Hans Kissle Food Co., Haverhill, Mass., said it recently scored 99.9 on a 100-point audit by Chicago-based Silliker Inc., a global auditing firm.