Puratos Cocoa Collection & Fermentation Plant Opens In Ivory Coast

January 6, 2015 Puratos

Puratos, global leader in bakery, patisserie and chocolate products, has recently inaugurated a cocoa collection and fermentation plant in the province of San Pedro in Ivory Coast. Created in partnership with French chocolate maker Cémoi, this confirms Puratos’ strong commitment to long term sustainability of Ivorian cocoa.

Dianne's Fine Desserts Acquires Daystar Desserts

January 6, 2015 Dianne's Fine Desserts

Dianne's Fine Desserts, a top provider of gourmet frozen thaw-and-serve desserts for the foodservice industry, announced its acquisition of retail desserts creator Daystar Desserts of Ashland, VA.

Retail Bakers Of America Heads To Sacramento For Upcoming Roadshow

January 6, 2015 Retail Bakers of America

On Sunday, January 18th, the Retail Bakers of America (RBA) will be in Sacramento, CA for the next in its successful series called the RBA ROADSHOW!

Eloma's Genius MT Aims To Help K-12 Foodservice Directors Stay Ahead Of Trends & Health Regulations

January 6, 2015 Eloma

With new regulations like the Food Waste Challenge, and the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act championed by the First Lady, foodservice directors in U.S. K-12 schools have more to consider when preparing meals for today’s students. In order to raise a healthy generation of kids and teens, Eloma – a worldwide leading manufacturer of professional combi-steamers and bake-off ovens – developed the Genius MT to help foodservice directors stay ahead of the curve in 2015 – no matter what new initiatives come across their plates.

Report: Food Safety Performance Of Ground Beef Suppliers To The National School Lunch Program

An article in USA Today in December 2009 and other later media reports stated that AMS’s food safety standards for ground beef suppliers to NSLP were less stringent than those of major restaurant chains. AMS then strengthened its standards, but experts at the National Academy of Sciences asserted that the revised standards lacked sufficient scientific basis and had other shortcomings. Depite these concerns about ground beef safety and the system's incentive to bidders to underinvest in food safety, no economic analyses of the effectiveness of AMS standards have been published. This report fills that void by examining economic incentives for suppliers of ground beef to NSLP to improve the food safety of their products.