  | December 28, 2011 | News for the food, beverage and consumer packaged goods industry |  |  |
| Company Watch |  |  | | - 3M and Kraft create testing method for meat safety
Kraft Foods and 3M Food Safety partnered to create the Aerobic Procedure for Lactic Acid Bacteria, a meat-testing process designed to improve food safety. The procedure is being released to food manufacturers worldwide. It incorporates MRS media, a pH monitor and 3M's Petrifilm Aerobic Count Plate. Food Business Review (12/27)        | See how Cardmembers use American Express OPEN Cards to help run their business:
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  - Craft brewers embrace the can
More beer manufacturers are serving up their brew in a can. About 50 craft breweries used cans in 2009, but the number has reached about 150. By the end of next year, more than half of the 25 biggest craft brewers are expected to offer canned beer. The Washington Post (12/27)  | GREAT HAPPENS IN threes AT HYATT.
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 | GMA News | | | | - Have you registered for the FMI-GMA Supply Chain Conference yet?
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| SmartQuote | | | |  | Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing."
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