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BRC Re-accreditation For Partner Logistics Wisbech

    BRC Re-accreditation For Partner Logistics Wisbech

The Partner Logistics cold storage facility in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, has been successfully re-accredited with the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Global Standard for Storage and Distribution for the fourth consecutive year.

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Former Red Tractor Chairman Appointed as Chairman of Acoura

    Former Red Tractor Chairman Appointed as Chairman of Acoura

David Gregory (pictured) has been appointed as Chairman of specialist food and drink compliance and risk services provider Acoura. One of the industry’s most experienced and respected technical experts, David Gregory

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EU Commits to €32.5 Million to Support EU Reference Laboratories in 2016 and 2017

    EU Commits to €32.5 Million to Support EU Reference Laboratories in 2016 and 2017

The European Commission has awarded a total of €32.5 million, for the years 2016 and 2017, to support the 43 EU Reference Laboratories (EU-RLs) designated for food and feed safety, as

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Enhanced Touchscreen Control Enables Easier Operation of Bühler’s Optical Sorter

    Enhanced Touchscreen Control Enables Easier Operation of Bühler’s Optical Sorter

Bühler’s optical sorting solutions for the global food and non-food processing industry contain a wealth of configurable options, allowing customers to create extremely accurate sorting modes. For some, these multiple

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Feel Confident in Your Seafood Products

    Feel Confident in Your Seafood Products

Below are a number of responsible questions to ask about your fish. Sustainably sourced? Retailers and buyers need to be sure that their fish are sustainably caught from stocks that

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Revolutionary Multi-Toxin Screening

    Revolutionary Multi-Toxin Screening

Food consumers globally are becoming increasingly discerning in selecting produce to fill their fridges, cupboards and, indeed, stomachs. Factors of choice are moving beyond taste, appearance and nutritional content. Public

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Azanechiller 2.0 Sets New Benchmark in Air Cooled Ammonia Chiller Performance

    Azanechiller 2.0 Sets New Benchmark in Air Cooled Ammonia Chiller Performance

Star Refrigeration’s latest air-cooled Azanechiller 2.0 range raises the bar in chiller efficiency. Headline seasonal efficiency figures are 50% higher than the Eco-Design Directive requirement, with a Seasonal Energy Efficiency

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Durable and Hygienic Wall Kerb

    Durable and Hygienic Wall Kerb

In food and drink factories, hygiene and cleaning is an important factor when manufacturing, processing, packaging and distributing quality products, daily. With various processing areas in a factory it is

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Control Plan on Labelling of EU Fishery Products

    Control Plan on Labelling of EU Fishery Products

The European Commission has published the results of the first EU-wide control plan to assess the prevalence on the market of mislabelled white fishery products (ie white fishery products that

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Produce World Site is Among the World’s Best For Health and Safety

    Produce World Site is Among the World’s Best For Health and Safety

The Produce World Group’s site at Sutton Bridge has become one of only 61 companies across the globe to receive the prestigious Sword of Honour awarded by the British Safety

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Tesco On Course to Meet New Targets For Campylobacter in Chicken

    Tesco On Course to Meet New Targets For Campylobacter in Chicken

Tesco has released new data which shows that the retailer is delivering on its commitment to further reduce the levels of Campylobacter in its fresh chicken. Throughout 2014/15 the retailer

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Hardwearing Stainless For Dairies

    Hardwearing Stainless For Dairies

In food and drink factories, hygiene and cleaning is an important factor when manufacturing, processing, packaging and distributing quality product daily. With various processing areas in a factory it is

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Durable Resin Flooring For Snack Foods

    Durable Resin Flooring For Snack Foods

Efficiency and safety under foot in a snack food factory is high priority when it comes to deciding a new floor. In addition, various types of daily traffic travels through

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The Right Food Grade Lubricant – It Makes a Difference

    The Right Food Grade Lubricant – It Makes a Difference

Effective lubrication of food processing equipment is becoming increasingly important. Both food processing facilities and food grade lubricant manufacturers play a role in the overall safe production of consumer goods.

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95% of Consumers Buy Private Brands but Concerns in Food Quality and Safety Point to Need for Greater Transparency Trace One’s research underscores significant issues with consumer confidence across all food brands

    95% of Consumers Buy Private Brands but Concerns in Food Quality and Safety Point to Need for Greater Transparency Trace One’s research underscores significant issues with consumer confidence across all food brands

BOSTON, Mass., September 24, 2015 – Trace One, a global leader in private brand product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions and transparency software, today announced the results of its “Global Consumer

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Star Warns of Cold Comfort For Food Firms in 2015

    Star Warns of Cold Comfort For Food Firms in 2015

Frozen and chilled food manufacturers across the UK face a sharp rise in the cost of some refrigerant gases from 2015, according to cooling expert Star Refrigeration. Star is warning

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Partnering With the Food and Drink Industry to Develop Tailored Sampling Solutions

    Partnering With the Food and Drink Industry to Develop Tailored Sampling Solutions

In the 80’s CSP Technologies developed a leak-proof, flip-top vial that is easy to open and close. The vial continues to be the vial of choice for milk sample collection

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Neogen Launches Veratox® HS For Ochratoxin

    Neogen Launches Veratox® HS For Ochratoxin

Neogen has added to its comprehensive range of mycotoxin testing solutions with the development of a new, highly sensitive, quantitative test for Ochratoxin.  Veratox® HS (high sensitivity) for Ochratoxin has

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ExxonMobil Releases Five-Point Plan For Best Practice Grease Selection

    ExxonMobil Releases Five-Point Plan For Best Practice Grease Selection

With businesses under increasing pressure to improve productivity and safety while reducing costs, the importance of proper machine maintenance is growing. A crucial part of that maintenance is choosing the

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Outstanding Health and Safety Performance by Moy Park

    Outstanding Health and Safety Performance by Moy Park

UK food group Moy Park has been named the winner of the prestigious 2015 RoSPA Food and Drink Health & Safety Award, in recognition of its outstanding and industry leading

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DuPont Diagnostics to Introduce Smaller-Footprint BAX® System Instrument

    DuPont Diagnostics to Introduce Smaller-Footprint BAX® System Instrument

DuPont Diagnostics, a DuPont Nutrition & Health business, is introducing the DuPont™ BAX® System X5, a new PCR-based testing platform and the newest addition to the award-winning BAX® System family.

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Busch Introduces the First Hygienic Vacuum Pump

    Busch Introduces the First Hygienic Vacuum Pump

The first vacuum pump with hygienic design in the world has been introduced by Busch Vacuum Pumps and Systems. This new rotary vane vacuum pump was developed specially for foodstuffs

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ISO 9001 Quality Management System Final Draft Standard Published

    ISO 9001 Quality Management System Final Draft Standard Published

ISO 9001 has benefited millions of organizations worldwide with users reporting increased growth and productivity and significantly higher customer satisfaction

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New Efficient, Sustainable Temperature Measurement Solutions at IT Food Summit 2015

    New Efficient, Sustainable Temperature Measurement Solutions at IT Food Summit 2015

Family-run, British business TME are proud to unveil their innovative range of ThermoBar Scan thermometers at this year’s IT Food

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Ensuring the Safety and Security For Your Premises, Staff and Products

Visitor Management Limited, based in Long Eaton, has the systems that will help you ensure safety and security for your

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73% of British Chickens Test Positive For Presence of Campylobacter

    73% of British Chickens Test Positive For Presence of Campylobacter

The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the final set of results from its year-long survey of campylobacter on

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Add a ‘Touch’ of Smart Technology to Improve Food Safety

Potential danger is hiding as food makes the journey to your customer. Introducing a touch of temperature-monitoring technology at critical

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TOMRA Equips its Belgian Test and Demo Center With a New Cold Room

    TOMRA Equips its Belgian Test and Demo Center With a New Cold Room

TOMRA Sorting Solutions has installed a brand new 56 square meter cold room in its test and demonstration center in

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Egemin Automation to Build 44-metre-high Deep-freeze Warehouse For Agristo

    Egemin Automation to Build 44-metre-high Deep-freeze Warehouse For Agristo

Egemin Automation will build a new automated deep-freeze warehouse for Belgian producer of frozen French fries Agristo on its production

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Sweet Hygienic Resin Flooring

    Sweet Hygienic Resin Flooring

In food production it is vital that the correct flooring is chosen for maximum safety and efficiency around the workplace.

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Factory Protection for Food and Drink Processing

    Factory Protection for Food and Drink Processing

In demanding food and drink processing environments where constant pedestrian and vehicular traffic passes through, maintaining a hardworking and efficient

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Bruker’s Dairy Solution MPA-D Wins “International FoodTec Award 2015”

    Bruker’s Dairy Solution MPA-D Wins “International FoodTec Award 2015”

Bruker Optik has been awarded the “International FoodTec Award 2015” by the DLG (German Agricultural Society) and its partners during

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EU Takes Action Against Horsemeat Fraud

    EU Takes Action Against Horsemeat Fraud

A coordination centre run by Eurojust (European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit) and led by the French Desk has succeeded in

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Next Generation Hygienic Pallet Launched!

    Next Generation Hygienic Pallet Launched!

Goplasticpallets.com has introduced to its range a new, improved version of its Hygienic pallet, which has been optimised for superior

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Peanut Allergen Quantification – A Tough Nut to Crack

The prevalence of peanut allergy almost doubled in Europe in recent years and affects around 500,000 people in the UK

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Fighting Food Fraud – FT-NIR For Targeted and Non-Targeted Adulterant Screening

Maintaining brand reputation and product quality has led to increased focus on qualifying raw materials and ingredients used in food

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FSA Welcomes Horse Meat Sentencing

    FSA Welcomes Horse Meat Sentencing

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has welcomed the conclusion of the first prosecution brought as a result of the

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Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Partners With FBD in Farm Safety Campaign

    Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Partners With FBD in Farm Safety Campaign

Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) has joined forces with FBD Insurance to sponsor the new farm safety campaign -‘Champions for Change’.

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The Pies the Limit For Loma’s New X5 SpaceSaver X-ray

Loma Systems has recently completed one of the first installations of an X5 SpaceSaver X-ray inspection unit. Manufacturer of savoury

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Protection For Food Processing

In demanding food processing environments where constant pedestrian and vehicular traffic is present along with an extensive cleaning regime, a

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MEPs Call For Country of Origin Labelling of Meat in Processed Foods

    MEPs Call For Country of Origin Labelling of Meat in Processed Foods

Meat used as an ingredient in processed foods, such as lasagne, should be labelled by country of origin as is

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Resin Flooring – A Long Term Relationship

In food production it is vital that the correct flooring is chosen for maximum safety and efficiency around the workplace.

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MICVAC EXHIBITS AT ANUGA FOODTEC

The international supplier fair for the food and drink industry. The Swedish company Micvac is returning to Cologne in Germany

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Pinneys switches to natural ammonia cooling system from Star Refrigeration

Scottish seafood processor Pinneys is now using a natural ammonia cooling system from Star Refrigeration, replacing the majority of its

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NSF International Strengthens Global Food Division’s European Team With Industry Experts

Global public health organisation NSF International has appointed Kevin Swoffer as Technical Director of its Global Food Safety Division. Additionally,

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FloorTech® at the Forefront of Flooring Technology

    FloorTech® at the Forefront of Flooring Technology

FloorTech®  specialise in Trazcon® PMMA seamless resin flooring systems and are intimately familiar with the specific everyday challenges that the

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The National Food Laboratory and International Food Network Join Forces

    The National Food Laboratory and International Food Network Join Forces

Safe Foods International Holdings (SFIH) has acquired International Food Network (IFN), a consulting firm providing product development services from initial

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The Advantages of Resin Floors in Food and Beverage Facilities

    The Advantages of Resin Floors in Food and Beverage Facilities

The durable, customisable and hygienic properties of resin floors means that they can provide food and beverage facilities with a

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Pennine Foods Invests in High Efficiency Washdown System

Q2 washdown systems are now under great demand from food manufacturers striving for maximum efficiency. Q2 has a range of

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Protection For Food Processing

    Protection For Food Processing

In demanding food processing environments where constant pedestrian and vehicular traffic and equipment passes through, maintaining a hardworking and efficient

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Durable Flooring for Pie Manufacturing

    Durable Flooring for Pie Manufacturing

In food production it is vital that the correct flooring is chosen for maximum safety and efficiency around the workplace.

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Loma Service Hits Over 90% First Time Fix Rate

    Loma Service Hits Over 90% First Time Fix Rate

Further underlining its position at the forefront of inspection equipment for the global food industry, Loma Systems’ service delivery continues

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Nairns Oatcakes Installs Second Loma Combination Checkweigher and Metal Detection System

    Nairns Oatcakes Installs Second Loma Combination Checkweigher and Metal Detection System

When quality manufacturer of oatcakes and oat biscuits, Nairns Oatcakes, needed to further increase the capacity of its latest state-of-the-art

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IFR Announces Test for Detecting Horse Meat

    IFR Announces Test for Detecting Horse Meat

Scientists at the Institute of Food Research on the Norwich Research Park have teamed up with Oxford Instruments to develop

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