The IntelliDrive drum motor combines
an integrated VFD with permanent mag-
Plutoshift
also can be used for
beverage manufacturing. From the
treatment of incoming water to the final product,
beverage manufacturers need to maintain quality
and purity throughout the processing cycle.
“Plutoshift helps beverage companies manage
their existing data streams by rapidly analyzing
thousands of incoming data points from existing systems
and delivering actionable insights to key decision-makers to
improve processes, predict maintenance and avoid down-
time,” Joshi says.
For beverage manufacturers, Plutoshift can:
• Optimize the filtration process to maintain high flow rates
• Increase operational efficiencies to improve profitability
• Ensure peak performance of process systems to maintain
consistent product quality
• Minimize product losses and increase product
throughput
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netically self-induced using permanent
magnets installed on the rotor body.
THE FUTURE IS NOW
Companies might have sensed that staying
connected was not only going to happen
on the personal front. Automation and ar-
tificial intelligence for the manufacturing
industry are here, and companies will need
to keep up with the technology to stay as com-
petitive as possible. Using smart sensors, building
motors and drives that can collect data, connecting all
components in the process, and having a way to mine and act
on that data are all ways that will allow food and beverage
manufacturers to stay ahead of the curve and run more
effectively, efficiently and safely.
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Brother Gearmotors, www.brothergearmotors.com
Plutoshift, www.plutoshift.com
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Security at the enterprise level can use many of the same
technologies that bolster the system at the OT level. But,
according to defense-in-depth (DiD) principles, which use a
layered approach to security, a DMZ should restrict traffic
flow between the IT and OT levels and another should be
between the IT level and the internet or cloud.
“The same logic applies here: the application of the de-
fense-in-depth concept,” says Siemens’ Woronka. “Multi-lay-
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model, by which all systems (SCADA systems, MES, ERP)
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Siemens accomplishes this level of protection by using Palo
Alto Networks next generation firewalls for conduits be-
tween these layers. Palo Alto Networks has an OEM partner-
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It’s important to follow the best practices, such as IDMZ
technologies, to limit appropriate data flows, says Cisco’s
Behrens. Segmentation to reduce the scope of access and vis-
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been made aware of a potential recall situation, one should
leverage data for [supply] chain distribution to understand
where the affected products are so they can be accurately
targeted. There is so much at stake for recalls (safety, time-
liness, brand equity and so much more), making it vital that
we can identify impacted products that have been shipped so
appropriate action can be taken.”
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One possibility that may help to ensure the security proces-
sors need is to consider cloud-based MES and ERP for the
disaster recovery support inherent in automatic backups and
the redundancy of the cloud, says Circadence’s Lee. “Howev-
er, regardless of on-premise or cloud implementation, best
practices show that evaluating the risk of MES and ERP soft-
ware and then monitoring the key terrain, such as the HMIs
and supporting data, are critical protection requirements.”
“I think we need to understand that it is not ‘one size fits
all’ in terms of a cloud and edge strategy for manufacturing,”
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 MANUFACTURING NEWS
// REGUL ATORY WATCH //

Withdraw of proposed
rule on labeling for
approved drugs,
biological products
The FDA has announced the withdrawal
of the proposed rule on “Supplemental Ap-
plications Proposing Labeling Changes for
Approved Drugs and Biological Products,”
acids in size. Formalizing these interpre-
tations would reduce regulatory uncer-
tainty over whether some products are
regulated as drugs or biological products.
This reduced uncertainty, under the
“bright-line” approach described in the
proposed rule, would allow both the FDA
and private industry to avoid spending
hours and resources on case-by-case
determinations for each product.
Electronic or written comments on the
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 MANUFACTURING NEWS
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time and money on stocking
shelves, and the packaging
inside the pallets often
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stocking it,” he says. “There’s less the product looks • About 30 percent
labor involved, less handling and on display and saves sales increase
retailers money on
less damage.” CHEP, part of Bram-
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the products beautifully displayed and global brands such as Procter & Gamble,
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Adlam says retailers that use the half the pallets’ carbon footprint and pur-
pallet have reported: chasing offset credits for reforestation,
• 25 percent reduction in handling costs Adlam says.
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longer
An Italian chocolate
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popular American candy brands
that it purchased from a Swiss
company. The change starts with
the iconic Butterfi nger, which has
a bold, re-engineered wrapper
and new recipe. As consumers shun the artificial, double-layer, higher-quality material,
Ferrero, which sells Nutella and images of the higher-quality peanuts Ferrara says.
Kinder, has been collecting U.S. candy used in Butterfinger’s updated recipe The labeling also reflects the simpler,
are prominent on new wrappers.
brands: Fannie May and Harry London better ingredients from the fi rst recipe
chocolates; Ferrara Candy Company The wrapper for the updated But- update in more than a decade: improved
with Lemonhead, Brach’s and Super terfi nger hitt ing shelves this winter chocolatey coating with more milk and
Bubble gum; and Switzerland-based keeps the candy bars fresher so they cocoa, “carefully selected” U.S.-grown
Nestlé’s American confection business, don’t lost their “crispety, crunchety” peanuts and the elimination of TBHQ
including Crunch, BabyRuth and Nerds. experience. The package uses new and hydrogenated oils.
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PLANT
OPENINGS &
EXPANSIONS
BROWN PACKING COMPANY
will spend more than $20 million
to renovate 67,000 sq. ft. of its
150,000-sq.-ft. meat packing facility
in Gaffney, S.C. Improvements
include new cooling and wastewater
treatment systems.
DIVERSIFIED FOODS is
expanding its Madisonville, La.,
plant with a $12 million investment,
which will add 44 new jobs. The
facility makes a variety of products,
including red beans sold at Popeyes.
MAPLE LEAF FOODS will
build a $600 million fresh poultry
facility in London, Ontario.
HIXSON ARCHITECTURE
& ENGINEERING will handle
the 640,000-sq.-ft. project to be
finished in the first half of 2021.
SMITHFIELD FOODS will invest
$45 million to expand its bacon
processing plant in Sioux Falls,
S.D. The company has already
invested $73 million at the former
John Morrel site during the last
five years. SMITHFIELD also
announced the grand opening of
its $100 million, 500,000-sq.-ft.
distribution center in Tar Heel, N.C.
CONAGRA FOODS is planning
a 60,000-sq.-ft. expansion to its
Troy, Ohio, snack food (Slim Jim)
facility, an investment of about
SOURCE: GAO
$70 million.
February 2019
MANUFACTURING
NEWS
OSHA, FSIS and worker safety
While robots are taking over
dangerous jobs in newer automated meat
and poultry plants, the rest still use mostly
manual labor. In these facilities, workers
may succumb to repetitive motion injuries,
cuts and bruises, loss of limbs and exposure
to harsh chemicals. For some employees,
restroom breaks are difficult to manage due to
the distance from their workstation and the
availability for someone to fill in.
Not much has changed since 1994, when
USDA’s FSIS and OSHA agreed to a memoran-
dum of understanding to improve workplace
safety and allow workers to report dangerous
conditions. In a recent Government Account-
ability Office report entitled “Workplace
Safety and Health: Better Outreach, Collab-
oration, and Information Needed to Protect
Workers at Meat and Poultry Plants,” the
GAO has brought the memorandum back to
the forefront, stating that much unaccom-
plished work remains and most employees
still feel they’ll lose their jobs if they com-
plain about any unsafe conditions to OSHA.
Though FSIS inspectors work on-site with
processing plant employees, the inspectors
have often felt it best not to make waves
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OSHA’s emphasis programs focus on specific
industries, hazards or other workplace
characteristics. More than one emphasis
program can apply to a single inspection.
either, thinking they could lose their federal
jobs. Since workers at meat and poultry
plants include both plant and FSIS employ-
ees, OSHA officials may inspect FSIS, the
plant employer or both when it receives a
complaint or referral about possible hazards
at the plant, says the GAO report.
While OSHA has increased its number of
annual inspections from 177 in 2005 to 244
in 2016, this increase hasn’t been the result
of OSHA simply being more efficient and
incorporating more programmed inspections
into its routine. Rather, it’s the result of more
injuries being reported, causing additional
forced, or unprogrammed, OSHA inspections.
Programmed inspections are planned
based on injury incidence rates, previous
citation history or random selection. For
example, OSHA’s emphasis programs focus
inspections on a particular safety or health
hazard or a specific industry. Unprogrammed
inspections are conducted in response to im-
minent danger, fatalities, worker complaints,
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referrals and catastrophic events (e.g.,
hospitalizations).
Though FSIS inspects meat and
poultry, the agency is also required to
establish and maintain a comprehen-
sive and effective occupational safety
and health program for its employees,
which is consistent with OSHA’s stan-
dards. However, OSHA is responsible
for overseeing the safety and health of
nonfederal plant workers. FSIS admin-
isters its own occupational safety and
health program and investigates safety
concerns of FSIS inspectors.
FDA, FSIS, EPA and OSHA all play
roles in regulating the use of chemicals
at meat and poultry plants. According
to the GAO study, antimicrobial food
additives, such as peracetic acid applied
to meat and poultry, have come into ques-

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jpschmidt@marchantschmidt.com some of which include that the assistant
secretary of labor for OSHA should: take
additional steps to encourage workers to
disclose sensitive concerns during OSHA
inspections of meat and poultry plants;
gather more information on bathroom
accessibility; update OSHA’s guidance for
employers on how to manage their health
units to address these challenges; and work
with FSIS to implement the memorandum,
making any needed changes to ensure
improved collaboration.
In addition, the FSIS administrator
should work with OSHA on the memo-
randum in the same manner and share
on a regular basis the worker safety in-
formation it collects from reviews of new
chemicals with FSIS inspectors, plant
management and NIOSH. The director
of NIOSH should look further into the
use of peracetic acid and other chemicals
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poultry plants, the report recommends.
For more information on the study, visit
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