Messe Frankfurt Inc. (MFI) and the McLean, Va.-based Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) announced that they entered into a joint venture to align their resources to create and co-produce Process Expo, the nation’s largest horizontal trade show for the food and beverage processing and packaging industry.

When almost all K-12 schools across the United States transitioned to virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some students who rely on their school as a source of nutrition, learning, physical activity and socialization were at risk.

Given the national and strategic importance of U.S. dairy exports, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), both headquartered in Arlington, Va., said they released on Nov. 12 an executive summary of their recent detailed analysis of the intricate web of global trade barriers that are hampering overseas dairy sales.

The checkoff-founded Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, Rosemont, Ill., announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Ice cream infused with vegetables, to-go premium cheese snacks, decadent chocolate mousse and flavored paneer make up the finalists announced today in the Real California Milk Snackcelerator product innovation competition.

A Nov. 11 letter signed by the Washington, D.C.-based International Dairy Foods Association and 14 other food industry groups encourages the Trump administration to put in place a federally orchestrated vaccine distribution program once a vaccine for COVID-19 is developed and approved.

With the 2020 publication of two new hygienic design benchmarking requirements, the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) paves the way to incorporate hygienic design in food safety management programs, according to 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. (3-A SSI) and the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG).

Crave Better Foods LLC, the maker of Chipwich ice cream cookie sandwiches, announced the merger of the Solero organic fruit bar business from Iris Brands LLC, Minneapolis, into its operations.

The Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association (WCMA), Madison, Wis., said it is now accepting applications for five student scholarships worth a total of $15,000.

As a celebration of dairy farmers’ commitment to communities, Rosemont, Ill.-based Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) said it is joining checkoff partner Domino’s Pizza and Wounded Warrior Project to honor, support and feed veterans and their families on Veterans Day.