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Fourth generation scoops up new business for Louisiana’s Kleinpeter Farms Dairy.

The time to prepare for a crisis is before it happens. The lessons of the last few years have been vivid – melamine in milk powder, salmonella in peanut butter, E. Coli in spinach and millions of barrels of oil spilling into the Gulf of Mexico.

This year’s Pack Expo places more than 45,000 customers and buyers under one roof for the industry’s most dynamic show.

Have consumers drunk their fill? The number of new product introductions in the non-alcoholic beverage category has dried up. 

Bold shapes and graphics draw shoppers to products on the shelf. Processors also need packaging that is lightweight, recyclable and tamper resistant.

Products designed to boost immunity are rapidly emerging as key drivers of the functional foods market.

Paralyzing partisanship and a poor economy are leading to an exodus of some career politicians. With anti-incumbent fervor running rampant, politicians are most certainly feeling the heat.  

Responding to health demands,cheese processors have come out with lower-sodium, low-fat and all-natural products. Consumers seek value, convenience and portion control.

The Dannon Co. launches a dessert yogurt; Campbell Soup expands its V8 brand with vegetable/juice blends; and Upstate Farms' newest product is Crave, a shelf-stable milk in aluminum cans.

In spite of the significant news related to the current egg recall, food manufacturers can have confidence in the egg product supply, according to the American Egg Board, Park Ridge, Ill.