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Packaging suppliers offer easy-to-open packages made of recyclable materials.

There is no school for dairy plant production workers. It is up to you to teach food safety and plant safety. Then you have to observe that the teaching has been understood.

A cheesemaker sets up camp in New York’s Times Square. A yogurt maker signs a marketing deal with professional football. Another yogurt company uses sampling at a public event to build its brand.

When Dairy Foods surveyed its readers, we found that 35% of dairies plan to purchase new conveyors or palletizers. In the same study, dairy processors also reported they are increasing their use of plastics and flexible packaging (such as pouches) and using less metal and glass.

Production began this summer at a new whey and lactose production facility that is a joint venture between Denmark’s Arla Foods Ingredients and German dairy co-operative Deutsches Milchkontor.

A new website called “Califarmia” links California’s more than 1500 dairy families to dairy consumers.

The overall frozen desserts and whip toppings category saw dollar and units sales down, with puddings and cheesecakes particularly struggling.

If one ice cream mix can play multiple ‘roles,’ then you can be more flexible, cost-efficient and competitive.

Pack Expo International takes place Nov. 2-5, in Chicago at McCormick Place. The event, hosted by PMMI, Reston, Va., is expecting approximately 50,000 attendees and 2,000 exhibitors, with 1.15 million net square feet of exhibit space (combined) for Pack Expo and Pharma Expo, which it is co-locating this year for the first time.