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Top Story
Expect Acrylamide Issue to Flare Up Again
Previously on the backburner, the acrylamide issue will likely heat up this fall. That's following last month's Federal Register Notice that calls for food companies, including bakers and snack producers, to provide to the Food and Drug Administration with comments, scientific data and information on the practices they have used to reduce acrylamide in food. In addition, the FDA is asking food companies to document how much they have been able to reduce acrylamide levels.
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Focus on Innovation
Bakery Contest Winners Taste the Fruit of Victory
The California Raisin Marketing Board invited 21 top-class bakers and pastry and culinary chefs who won baking contests in Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore, and 13 university professors, power bloggers and press personnel to come to the United States to experience first-hand the annual grape harvests in the Napa Valley and the San Joaquin Valley. Find out what they discovered and get the latest on America's Best Raisin Bread contest in the latest column by CRMB's Larry Blagg.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Lance to Acquire Stella D'oro Business
Lance has entered into an agreement to buy Stella D'oro Biscuit Co., including its brand as well as certain equipment and inventory. The Charlotte, N.C.-based company will move production of Stella D'oro brand products to its Ashland, Ohio, bakery, which it acquired when it purchased the assets of Archway last December.
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Schwan Sells its T&N Foods Canadian Operation
The Schwan Food Co. has sold a Canadian subsidiary back to a company led by Tony Merulla, the founder of the Montreal-based producer of frozen pizza and other bread products that are sold under private label brands in supermarkets and foodservice chains throughout the United States and Canada.
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On the Internet
Almond Board Launches New Web site
Catering to consumers' increased demand for almonds, the Almond Board of California's new Web site, www.almondboard.com, showcases the commodity board's informative tools and resources for consumers, health professionals and food professionals. The Almond Board conducted extensive research among consumers to get their feedback on the site, which was developed to ensure that the end result is user-friendly and full of useful resources.
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Intuitive Web site Offers Practical Solutions
Advanced Food Systems has launched a new Web site, www.afsnj.com, that makes it easy to locate solutions to food formulation and processing challenges. The intuitively designed site provides quick searching of more than 500 custom-developed, food ingredient systems that solve problems involving the balance of texture, flavor, stability, cost and production efficiency of a wide range of food products. Solutions can be searched by product name, application, key feature or benefit.
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Check Out SF&WB TV's Library of Videos
SF&WB TV's video showcase now features a growing number of equipment and corporate videos from the snack and baking industry. See the latest videos from Burford Corp., Unifiller, Kwik Lok, Reiser, Koenig, Auto-Bake and Heat and Control. more
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