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  YOU now have free access to the August 2022 electronic issue of  FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal (FPMJ) a Ringier publication for the food and beverage industry in Southeast Asia and the rest of the Asian region.  From the latest ingredients and nutrition information to developments in automation for processing and packaging, here's a sampling of what's inside the latest issue of the magazine. SPECIAL REPORT Can a cyberattack happen to your company? While the adoption of IoT and smart technologies is paving a future that ensures efficient operations, better processing, and safer products, it has exposed companies to cyber criminals. In this report, Vijay Vaidyanathan, Regional Vice President – Solutions Engineering, APJ talks about the cybercrime in the food industry. INGREDIENTS Treading the road to less salt According to Harsch Kosthi, marketing director for Taste Technologies for APAC, Middle East and Africa for Kerry, salt is one of the top five ingredients that consume

 THERE might have been a time when hacking into a food or agricultural company's system was far from a hacker's mind. Why threaten a company that provides a basic need? But this is simply just a rhetorical question. Because just like any other business, food companies have to protect their data and operations, and more so because if they don't, the health and safety of their consumers could also be at risk. While the adoption of IoT and smart technologies is paving a future that ensures efficient operations, better processing, and safer products, it has exposed F&B companies to sophisticated cyber criminals. Many manufacturers are falling victims to these crimes, and the threat to the food supply chain persists as long as systems are easy to breach. The only way forward is to continually strengthen their cybersecurity.   To understand the issues, we talked to Vijay Vaidyanathan, who is currently the Regional Vice President – Solutions Engineering, APJ at the industrial

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