Some dairy processors are expressing shock at what one plant manager calls the "gross incompetence" of FDA personnel currently conducting newly mandated HACCP inspections.

MilkPEP is sponsoring a series of free, one-day seminars in conjunction with vending association shows between July and October.

Parmalat North America is getting into the bottled water business in Canada through a partnership with a Quebec company.

IDFA has launched a new educational format, IDFA TeleTraining that enables dairy pros to receive industry training via conference call and the Internet.

IDFA has issued a call for nominations for its prestigious 2003 Supplier Excellence Awards, which will be presented in conjunction with Worldwide Food Expo.

Degussa, Parsippany, N.J., a leading global chemical company, opened a new headquarters for its Fruit Systems business in Philadelphia.

Schreiber Foods Inc., plans to expand into a full-line dairy company, and it can't get enough cream cheese.

Bongards' Creameries, Norwood, Minn., has bought Land O'Lakes' Perham, Minn., cheese plant.

Wimm-Bill-Dann, the Russian dairy processor, has disclosed that it is in talks with French Groupe Danone regarding the possibility of an acquisition.

Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Japan, will pay a total of 1.1 million Yen (about $9,600 U.S. dollars) in damages to eight of nine plaintiffs who filed a suit with the court in July 2001 after consuming tainted Snow Brand products.