Wayne Labs has more than 20 years of editorial experience in industrial automation. He served as senior technical editor for I&CS/Control Solutions magazine for 18 years where he covered software, control system hardware and sensors/transmitters. Labs ran his own consulting business and contributed feature articles to Electronic Design, Control, Control Design, Industrial Networking and Food Engineering magazines. Before joining Food Engineering, he served as a senior technical editor for Omega Engineering Inc. Labs also worked in wireless systems and served as a field engineer for GE’s Mobile Communications Division and as a systems engineer for Bucks County Emergency Services. In addition to writing technical feature articles, Wayne covers FE’s Engineering R&D section.

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Canadian food labeling rules

Canadian government launches comment period for simulated protein products guidelines

Public consultation period opened on November 3 and runs until December 3, 2020

Wayne Labs

November 24, 2020

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has launched a public consultation to seek feedback on the proposed guidelines for simulated meat and simulated poultry products. The consultation opened for a 30-day period from November 3, 2020 and closes on December 3, 2020.

Manufacturing News

Some decaf coffees face contaminant and label issues

Clean Label Project wants some coffee brands to disclose use of methylene chloride

Wayne Labs

October 7, 2020

The Clean Label Project pushes for the use of decaffeination processes using carbon dioxide or the Swiss water process.

Engineering R&D

Supply chain solution includes sensors, digital visibility platform, cloud access

Cloudleaf puts the supply chain pieces together to connect data silos

Wayne Labs

August 5, 2020

Cloudleaf takes a new approach to unlocking the massive, untapped value hidden within supply chains—transforming them into more powerful, data-driven strategic assets.

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Tech Update

Controlling temperature from farm to fork protects product quality, brand name

Wayne Labs

July 23, 2020

Temperature is that one measurement that’s dictated by governmental regulations to prove that you have a kill step in your process. Beyond that, there are rules for keeping fresh food under a certain temperature to keep it safe both in transit and storage, and—just as important—maintain its quality so you don’t have to throw it out prematurely.

Inspection Systems

Some pointers on choosing metal detection systems to keep food safe from adulteration

While meeting FDA, SQF, CFIA and BRC requirements is important, regulatory agencies are no longer judge and jury in this world of social media

Wayne Labs

July 13, 2020

In the engineering world, it has often been said that you can’t inspect quality into a product. Rather, you design and build quality into a product and then inspect to make sure you are delivering what you promise.

FE 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey

2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey: Part 3

FSMA: Getting to the security aspects of food

You’d think FSMA is a done-deal, but not so much for food defense and intentional adulteration, which still need attention in facility design

Wayne Labs

June 16, 2020

While we've looked at the key issues - including COVID-19 - facing food processors and A&E/Cs this year in FE's 2020 Annual Plant Construction Survey, there's a lot more to discuss.

Manufacturing News

The ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the food industry and its supply chains

Wayne Labs

June 9, 2020

FE spoke with a few experts from the A&E/C community to get a wide-angle view of some of the key issues affecting food processors and their supply chains.

Manufacturing News

FDA takes measures to promote the microbiological safety of leafy greens

Wayne Labs

May 12, 2020

To combat recurring food safety issues, FDA has come up with a plan for 2020, called the "2020 Leafy Greens STEC Action Plan."

Blockchain is the tracking method preferred by industry right now

Wayne Labs

April 23, 2020

There's been a lot of hype about Blockchain — in fact, it uses networking and distributed database technology with encryption, security and much more. But should you jump on the bandwagon now?

Coronavirus

COVID-19: Can it survive the supply chain?

While COVID-19 is not so easily transmittable through the supply chain, nevertheless, it can take out key players when their staff gets sick

Wayne Labs

March 24, 2020

While the coronavirus infection continues to spread exponentially, food companies should perform due diligence with suppliers, even though the risk of virus transmission in the supply chain is low.

Building a Comprehensive Food Safety Plan

LIVE: August 3, 2021 at 2:00 pm EDT: As food manufacturers, we have an obligation to protect our customers and consumers from hazards that can result in injury or illness. With this in mind, how does a company prepare a comprehensive food safety plan that will help prevent or reduce the potential for a food safety hazard within their manufacturing environment?

LIVE: August 24, 2021 at 2:00 pm EDT: This webinar discusses foreign body principles and introduces two fast and effective tools, FTIR and XRF, which are used to assist in the root-cause investigation and identification.

LIVE: September 8, 2021 at 11:00 am EDT: Culture media for the microbiological testing of food, feed, or water must be prepared with pure water that complies with specifications described by the ISO 11133:2014 standard.

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ARTICLES

Canadian government launches comment period for simulated protein products guidelines

Some decaf coffees face contaminant and label issues

Supply chain solution includes sensors, digital visibility platform, cloud access

Controlling temperature from farm to fork protects product quality, brand name

Some pointers on choosing metal detection systems to keep food safe from adulteration

FSMA: Getting to the security aspects of food

The ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the food industry and its supply chains

FDA takes measures to promote the microbiological safety of leafy greens

Blockchain is the tracking method preferred by industry right now

COVID-19: Can it survive the supply chain?

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