Equipment designed with easy sanitation in mind and food-safe products are ?helping bakers and snack manufacturers keep their production areas clean and ?their brands untarnished.

Four seafood processors in different states, a bakery and a New York dairy farm are among the food companies receiving recent warning letters from the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

During Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) inspections, the most commonly found nonconformities are associated with food-safety maintenance. 

PMMI, The Association of Packaging and Processing Technologies, Reston, Va., will help manufacturers from around the world discover solutions from North America’s top innovators at interpack, held May 8-14 at Messe Dusseldorf in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Implementing stringent equipment maintenance and sanitation programs in their facilities will enable bakers and snack producers to better comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act. New and improved equipment and supplies make the job easier.