Dairy Foods seeks nominations for its 2011 Processor of the Year award. Dairy food processors (including milk, milk-based beverages, cheese, cultured dairy, ice cream and frozen desserts) are invited to nominate themselves or other companies.
The Dairy Research Institute and Cornell University have established a partnership with the Northeast Dairy Foods Research Center. The center, located at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., will focus on fluid milk and dairy ingredient research, provide applications and technical support for improvements in milk powder quality and help establish the next generation of dairy ingredients
More than a dozen nationally renowned speakers and Wisconsin
cheesemakers will present a wide array of tasting and educational
seminars at the Third Annual Wisconsin Original Cheese Festival, set
for Nov. 4-5 at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis.
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, in affiliation with the Dairy
Research Institute, announces the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards, a
new program that recognizes dairy farms, businesses and collaborative
partnerships for efforts that deliver outstanding economic,
environmental and/or social benefit, thus helping to advance
sustainability of the dairy industry.
Huhtamaki, a global leader in foodservice and paperboard packaging, acquired the assets and business of Paris
Packaging, Inc., a privately-held manufacturer of specialty folding
cartons.
Taking its customer-centric approach from the exhibit halls to the
conference rooms, PMMI, the Reston, Va.-based organizers of Pack Expo
2011, announced the session lineup for Pack Expo 2011.
The Food Safety Modernization Act gives the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration increased powers to view records (except
financial records) kept by dairy processors.