MADISON, Wis. — A panel of international experts convened Thursday at the 50th annual World Dairy Expo to discuss the unprecedented, complex mix of challenges and opportunities facing dairy industries around the world.
The Global Dairy Symposium — hosted by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection in collaboration …
Recently, HART participated in providing content for a training course for FDA/State inspectors with the Department of Human Resource Development (DHRD).
The HART Design & Manufacturing Casting Equipment is being featured in the Process Cheese module of the Aseptic Processing Course at DHRD. The online training course was developed by JoAnna Foegeding from …
Almost everyone who is reading this checks the weather at night before going to bed and then again first thing in the morning. You ask yourself will it be raining or will it be sunny? Will it be cold or maybe hot? But if you are a wheel of cheese, one of the things you …
Washington has stepped in to tackle America’s cheese mountain with the Federal government buying 11 million pounds of the surplus.
It has cost the American taxpayer $20 million (£15 million), the US Department of Agriculture said. The cheese will be distributed to food banks across the country.
There are several reasons for the cheese mountain …
Much of the plastic packaging we see in the grocery store can be recycled, from egg containers, to milk jugs, to butter tubs. But what about that thin plastic film stretched around wedges of manchego in the cheese bin or the 16-ounce rib-eye in the chiller case?
It turns out that kind of plastic is …
Date: August 19 – 21 Location: PWTC EXPO, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China Booth: A67-A68
The 2016 China Dairy Industry Association Annual Conference & Expo, organized by the China Dairy Industry Association (CDIA), is a key event and the most focused event for the dairy industry in China. The theme of this event this year is …
How are countries outside of the US progressing with their dairy and cheese exports? The USDA recently reported on the world’s cheese supply. We see some growth of milk production from the European Union, New Zealand cheese production has also continued to rise, and Russia’s cheese output is expected to hold steady.
European Union (EU) …
After a product is suspected or confirmed to be mislabeled or to present a health hazard to consumers, recalls ensue. According to FDA records, in the month of June 2016, in one week period alone (June 2-June 8), there were 20 recalls — a number I find scary.
The recent massive recalls of frozen foods …
With the ever-increasing variety of handcrafted, innovative and flavorful artisan cheeses available at retail today, making a good specialty cheese might appear to be a fun, profitable career. While those with the passion certainly find the job rewarding, behind the scenes are myriad financial, production, logistical and regulatory challenges cheesemakers face to get their product …
With the explosion of the snacking trend at retail and food service, cheesemakers have an opportunity to fill increasing consumer demand for on-the-go protein sources, offering a pleasing flavor experience in convenient, individual-sized packaging.
A recent report from market research publisher Packaged Facts shows that America’s love of cheese, combined with snacking trends and wider …