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Wayne Labs

Wayne Labs

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
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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.


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coffee
Manufacturing News

Some decaf coffees face contaminant and label issues

Clean Label Project wants some coffee brands to disclose use of methylene chloride
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Wayne Labs
October 7, 2020
The Clean Label Project pushes for the use of decaffeination processes using carbon dioxide or the Swiss water process.
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Cloudleaf software
Engineering R&D

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

Cloudleaf puts the supply chain pieces together to connect data silos
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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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Endress+Hauser's iTHERM line of temperature sensors
Tech Update

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

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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.
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Inspecting meat
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Manufacturing News

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

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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.
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2020 Leafy Greens STEC Action Plan
Manufacturing News

FDA takes measures to promote the microbiological safety of leafy greens

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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."
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tracking produce

Blockchain is the tracking method preferred by industry right now

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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?
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Safety Chain presents FSMA Fridays
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
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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.


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