More than 2,500 industry members participated in Food Processing Expo 2019, helping make it another successful Expo. One longtime participant commented that “the Expo keeps getting better every year – this one was outstanding.”

 

The 2020 Food Processing Expo will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center February 12-13.

CLFP will hold its 2019 Annual Board of Directors Meeting April 18-19 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley. The meeting is open to all board of director members and to premier supplier host council affiliate members. 

 

At the conculsion of the meeting Ross Siragussa, The Kraft Heinz Company, will be installed as the CLFP 2019-20 chair. 

CLFP recently launched a business page on LinkedIn to help promote and share information about the Food Processing Expo and CLFP. CLFP encourages all of its members to follow this new page.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published the second installment of a draft guidance document designed to support compliance with the Intentional Adulteration (IA) Rule under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

Researchers at UC Davis are working to create a public resource called the California Energy Product Evaluation "Hub", which will provide energy technology product evaluations to help large commercial and industrial customers in California make informed purchasing decisions about distributed energy resources, e.g., lighting, agricultural irrigation equipment, energy storage. UC Davis is looking for industry input to make this project a success.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its “Strategy for the Safety of Imported Food,” which outlines the agency’s comprehensive approach to helping ensure the safety of food imported into the United States. Currently, the United States imports about 15% of its overall food supply. More than 200 countries or territories and roughly 125,000 food facilities plus farms supply approximately 32% of the fresh vegetables, 55% of the fresh fruit and 94% of the seafood that Americans consume annually. This increasingly globalized and complex marketplace has also placed new challenges on the U.S. food safety system.

A total of 2,710 new bills were introduced in the California legislature between when it reconvened on January 7 and the new bill introduction deadline of February 22. The legislature is now holding policy hearings regarding the bills with an end of April deadline for fiscal bills to be submitted to appropriations, and a May 3rd deadline for non-fiscal bills to be reported to the legislative floor. CLFP is currently tracking some 186 bills that could affect California’s food processing industry and is working with a variety of industry coalitions to address these bills.

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HSG Safety Supplies, Inc. is a leading safety apparel & PPE supplier since 1989. With factories in China and India we have capabilities to source and manufacturer top quality products for our customers. We offer in house screen printing that allows us to add our customer's logo on different safety apparel items with a quick turnaround. We are manufactures of safety apparel items, safety glasses, and safety gloves. All our products are stocked in our warehouse in Tracy, California. We stock products for major brands such as: Moldex, 3M, Showa, Howard Leight, MSA & many more!

LGV is a family oriented business with over 30 years of experience in the coupling manufacturing industry. LGV specializes if the production of fittings ferrules and sleeves, that have been used in concrete, sanitary, chemical and many other industries. Superior service and premium quality products manufactured in the USA is our pride. Our precision machining in house allows us to do custom work specified to the needs of the customer. Standard materials are 304 Stainless and Carbon steel, but custom work with different materials is available. Customers can choose from a wide selection of parts for internal expansion or external crimp assemblies. Couplings range from 1" to 4". End connections available are, Pacific Coast Thread, Tri-Clamp (TC), Bevel Seat (Male & Female), I-Line (Male & Female), DIN, SMS and more.

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