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Karen McCarty, right, accepts IDFA’s 2026 Food Safety Leadership Award from Roberta Wagner, IDFA’s senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs, during the Dairy Forum.

Agropur leader recognized with 2026 IDFA Food Safety Leadership Award

January 28, 2026

Karen McCarty of Agropur was recognized with the International Dairy Foods Association’s (IDFA) 2026 Food Safety Leadership Award during IDFA’s Dairy Forum.

How digitalization is changing the landscape of efficiency improvement

Dr. Alex Kontschev

May 15, 2025

Digitalization involves almost every aspect of dairy production, but for brevity’s sake, this article focuses on four key elements: regulatory compliance, improved efficiencies, quality control, and AI.

Equipment suppliers highlight the latest technology in filtration and wastewater management equipment

July 31, 2023

New equipment from Clean Water Technology, Dixon Sanitary, Ecolab, and more!

IMA DAIRY assumes responsibilities for AlphaMAC

In North America, AlphaMAC equipment will meet an emerging need for modern, reliable equipment that is energy efficient.

November 9, 2022

AlphaMAC’s portfolio includes comprehensive, custom-engineered lines for plastic containers production, secondary packaging and quality assurance.

Avoid common QA and QC mistakes

Suppliers reveals best practices and common errors in QA/QC testing.

September 8, 2021

Quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) testing are essential parts of any dairy production process. These tests confirm any products leaving a dairy plant meet the company’s standards and food safety requirements — helping to ensure customer satisfaction and avoid any costly product recalls.

Get the most out of your QA/QC instrumentation

Get the most out of dairy processing QA/QC instrumentation

Dairy processors will win by avoiding purchase-decision missteps, keeping abreast of technology enhancements and addressing common challenges.

Kathie Canning

September 7, 2020

Dairy processors rely heavily on in-house instrumentation to support their in-plant quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) efforts. However, they are not necessarily getting all they could out of that instrumentation.

Make the most of quality assurance and quality control data

The right software — and the right corporate culture — could help dairy processors collect, manage and disseminate quality assurance- and quality control-related data

Kathie Canning

September 26, 2019

Dairy processing facilities have oodles of data potentially available to them, including data tied to quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC).

Moisture Measurement & Control Yields Immediate Results: Consistent Product Quality from Lab to Line.

August 23, 2019

What is worse than wasted effort? Economical losses and decreased productivity. Moisture measurement is a crucial aspect in manufacturing from the initial process to the end-product stage.

Reduce time to result and increase objectivity with TEMPO®

April 11, 2019

Häagen-Dazs, the ice-cream, ice-cream bar and sorbet brand was created in the United States in 1961. The Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines production site, near Arras (northern France), was chosen in 1992 for the local expertise and the availability of high-quality milk and other source materials.

Ramp up food safety efforts

A challenge for the dairy industry is more tightly controlling and understanding food safety across the entire supply chain

Tim Freier Steve Decker Charles H. White

October 18, 2018

The dairy processing industry is under constant pressure to improve its food safety systems. This pressure stems from improvements in public health surveillance (such as the expanded use of whole-genome sequencing) and a ramping-up of food safety requirements from regulators, further processing customers and consumers.