The Institute of Food Technologists presented an "Industrial Achievement Award" to ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., for its Healthy Choice Café Steamers product platform.

Members of Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) met in Chicago this month to discuss food safety during FPSA's annual operations conference.

The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) said that starting next fall, its PACK EXPO International convention, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2010 at Chicago's McCormick Place, will include a new integrated focus on processing solutions.