Evolving food safety rules, competition and continuous consumer demands for greater product diversity are just a few of the challenges facing today’s manufacturers. However, advances in processing and packaging technologies can ensure compliance and advance efficiency. For a glimpse of this year’s advances and challenges in the food industry, Food Engineering spoke with Tom Egan, vice president, industry services, PMMI (The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies), which owns and produces the PACK EXPO family of trade shows.