Wayne Labs

Wayne Labs, Senior Technical Editor, has more than 20 years of editorial experience in industrial automation. Before joining Food Engineering, he served as a senior technical editor for Omega Engineering Inc. In addition to feature articles, Wayne covers FE’s Manufacturing News, Dry Processing and Field Reports (case histories) sections and writes FE’s twice monthly TechFlash e-newsletter. Email: labsw@bnpmedia.com

FSMA Update: Staying ahead of the curve

Comments are in for proposed Produce Safety Rule and Preventive Controls, but final rules have not been issued, leaving processors time to explore audit and certification alternatives.

Wayne Labs

February 7, 2014

If you’re going through the motions of obtaining a GFSI certification, you may be in pretty good shape if FDA were to run an FSMA audit at your facility.

Practice makes perfect, especially when it comes to food safety

Employees need feedback on how well they're doing their jobs.

Wayne Labs

December 10, 2013

With FSMA’s risk-based approach to food safety and GFSI certifications de rigueur for processors to sell to retail chains, processors need to bring their employees up to speed on best practices for food safety techniques to meet regulatory requirements, obtain GFSI certification(s) and produce a safe product.

HACCP software: Get with the program!

From HACCP forms generation to automated track-and-trace systems, affordable software tools make FSMA compliance easier for small and medium-sized processors, and can reduce the potential of recalls.

Wayne Labs

November 11, 2013

Most operations can’t afford to be without HACCP software.

TECH FLASH

Operations under a microscope

Even when the obvious sustainability initiatives are in place, there’s still room for energy savings.

Wayne Labs

February 7, 2013

Even when the obvious sustainability initiatives are in place, there’s still room for energy savings.

Employing energy savings as a competitive edge

Wayne Labs

January 9, 2013

Known for their heavy use of energy, the meat and poultry industries need to cut usage wherever they can.

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

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ARTICLES

FSMA Update: Staying ahead of the curve

Practice makes perfect, especially when it comes to food safety

HACCP software: Get with the program!

Operations under a microscope

Employing energy savings as a competitive edge

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