CLFP Insider
California League Of Food Producers
Capitol News
CLFP held its Seventh Annual Capitol Day on February 17, 2015. The day was a success providing CLFP member companies the opportunity to meet and converse with Legislators and legislative policy staff, build relationships, and educate policy-makers about the issues impacting the food processing industry.
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Regulatory Insights
On February 10, Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) staged a Capitol steps media event to introduce his package of clean-energy and climate change bills. Surrounded by other Democrats, environmentalists, clean-tech companies, de León said these bills would aid California in meeting its energy goals and help to power a new clean-energy economy.
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Announcements
UC Davis will be hosting its annual Agribusiness Workshop. The workshop is designed for mid-to senior-level managers in farming or food processing enterprises who would benefit from discussing strategic issues affecting the agribusiness industry. The group will discuss some case studies and hear from a number of guest speakers on a wide range of topics, including: groundwater, food labeling/Prop 65, consumer buying decisions and exports.
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Under the Good Manufacturing Practice regulations for thermally-processed low-acid foods, can closure and processing departments of food industries must be operated under the supervision of a person who has successfully completed a course in the principles of thermal processing and container evaluation, taught by an FDA approved institution. To assist food industries in complying with the FDA/USDA regulations, a two-day acidified and four-day low acid Better Process Control School is offered by the Food Science Program at Chapman University in conjunction with the FDA and the Grocery Manufacturers Association.
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Offered by USDA-APHIS and Chapman University, the fifth annual "Opportunities in Phytosanitary Irradiation for Fresh Produce Workshop" will take place March 25-26, 2015 at Chapman University in Orange, CA. Over the past five years, Chapman University has partnered with U.S. produce industries and USDA APHIS PPQ to conduct quality studies on a variety of fresh fruit. This project is funded by a USDA FAS Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops Grant and is designed specifically to assist in developing export markets for U.S. commodities. This workshop is provided to participants at no charge.
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New Members
Ardagh is at the forefront of metal packaging with 7 production facilities in North America. We are the world's number one supplier of nutrition packaging as well as a leading supplier of seafood packaging. We are the pioneers and global leaders in production methods such as DWI (Draw and Wall Ironing) and have introduced breakthrough opening solutions such as Easip®, OptiLift®, and Easy Peel®.
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BioSafe Systems offers safe and effective solutions including chemicals and equipment to meet sanitation and food safety standards. The BioSafe Systems' food safety program consists of sustainable sanitizers, bactericides, fungicides and insecticides, as well as a full array of testing, dosing and monitoring equipment.
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Since 1993, Cascade Energy’s engineers have worked with food and beverage companies large and small across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to reduce energy consumption and costs. We understand energy variables of these facilities, apply practical energy efficient solutions and the recognize importance of production efficiency, quality, and demand.
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Food Processing Expo 2015 was held on February 18 & 19 at the Sacramento Convention Center, bringing together over 2,100 industry professionals from across the U.S. and several countries.
