Lean manufacturing and the food industry: those aren't exactly two concepts that easily go hand in hand with each other. But it's not unheard of, thanks in no small part to the efforts of the Lean for Food program through TechHelp and the University of Idaho. "Some people misunderstand the word 'lean,'" says TechHelp Marketing Manager William Mullane. "They think it means leaning out an organization, stripping it down or getting rid of people and resources,
The security analysts wanted to know how easy it would be to hack into medical devices used in hospitals, knowing the danger if outsiders could gain control. They found the answer when they managed to figure out hundreds of restricted passwords for equipment that included surgical and anesthesia devices, patient monitors and lab analysis tools. "We stopped after we got to 300," said Billy Rios, who found the passwords with his colleague Terry McCorkle. They alerted
Shanghai food safety authorities said they are checking all preserved eggs from Jiangxi province after some processors in Nanchang County were said to be using dangerous chemicals in their operations, Shanghai Daily reported Monday. Some plants in Nanchang, a major production area in Jiangxi, use large amounts of industrial copper sulfate to cut the two-month curing time in half, CCTV had reported last Friday. In reaction to the report, the State Food and Drug Administration said
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