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Foam Phenomenon – Diversey Enduro Power Enhances Operational Efficiency, Food Safety and Sustainability

    Foam Phenomenon – Diversey Enduro Power Enhances Operational Efficiency, Food Safety and Sustainability

Diverse food manufacturing sectors – from poultry and fish processing to pizza manufacturing, and from dairy processing to potato crisp frying – have tested and proven the effectiveness of Enduro

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Another Star Performance For Yearsley Logistics

    Another Star Performance For Yearsley Logistics

Yearsley Logistics has invested in a bespoke high efficiency cooling system from Star Refrigeration as part of an expansion to cold storage facilities at its flagship distribution centre in Lancashire.

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LycoRed Expends Natural Beta-Carotene Production Capacity

    LycoRed Expends Natural Beta-Carotene Production Capacity

LycoRed, Israel, announces the expansion of production capacity of its natural beta-carotene colouring line in response to the growing demand of food and beverage companies in the US, West Europe

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Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC) – Safe Air For a Safe Work Environment

Camfil APC offers the most technologically advanced dust extractors available – backed by dependable service support and decades of proven experience. Camfil APC can help you: * Prevent dust-related respiratory

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Loma’s New X5 X-ray System: A Quick-clean Inspection Machine!

    Loma’s New X5 X-ray System: A Quick-clean Inspection Machine!

Loma’s flagship X5 x-ray inspection system incorporates new features which bring industry-leading levels of product integrity to the busiest of food packing lines, and peace of mind to retail suppliers.

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Thinking Beyond Individual Solutions For More Productive Food Processing

    Thinking Beyond Individual Solutions For More Productive Food Processing

Getting the most out of food processing goes beyond choosing individual solutions. It’s about fitting all the pieces together in the best way. And it’s about making sure the whole

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Stainless Steel Products For Hygienic Environments

    Stainless Steel Products For Hygienic Environments

In food factories and specialist dairy industries, hygiene is a major factor when manufacturing, processing and packaging goods for distribution. In 2012, ASPEN Stainless secured a contract for a super dairy

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Star Quality Cooling For Brakes’ Distribution

Brakes has invested in a bespoke cooling system from Star Refrigeration for its landmark multi-temperature distribution centre in Berkshire in England. Brakes recently established a state-of-the-art temperature controlled storage and

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Over ¾ Million Tiles Laid by Kemtile at AG Barr

AG Barr’s new canning facility at Milton Keynes used over 770,000 Argelith tiles for the floor of their new bottling plant. Kemtile of Warrington were the chosen contractor and the

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The Four Pillars that Will Transform the Food and Beverage Industry

    The Four Pillars that Will Transform the Food and Beverage Industry

By Colin Thurston, Director of Product Strategy, Process Industries, Thermo Fisher Scientific External forces are now rapidly conspiring to unravel even the best-laid plans of food manufacturers. From geopolitical and

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In Time For the Christmas Rush – No Problem!

    In Time For the Christmas Rush – No Problem!

With average lead times for new equipment often being 2-3 months, food manufacturers may be worried that it is too late to increase their processing and packing capacities ready for

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Partnership Launches New Software Solution

Loma has formed an exclusive partnership with AutoCoding Systems to develop a real-time data analysis tool for improved operational control, efficiency and easy-access compliance reporting. Launched to the UK market

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Lab Opening Puts Food Safety First For 2 Sisters

    Lab Opening Puts Food Safety First For 2 Sisters

UK poultry and convenience food manufacturer 2 Sisters Food Group has officially opened a new £1 million food safety laboratory, where almost one million food samples will be tested each year.

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IGD Leads Industry Push to Improve Nutrient Content of Food and Drink

    IGD Leads Industry Push to Improve Nutrient Content of Food and Drink

IGD has published an interactive guide on reformulation aimed to help food and drink companies improve the nutrient content of their products, making healthier options available to consumers. At present,

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EU to Implement New Regulation on Food for Specific Groups (FSG)

On 12 June 2013 the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 (1) on food intended for infants and young children, food for

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British Firm Scoops Major Ice Cream Contract From Thailand’s Minor Dairy

    British Firm Scoops Major Ice Cream Contract From Thailand’s Minor Dairy

Thailand’s premier ice cream firm is investing in bespoke processing equipment from UK-based freezing and chilling system manufacturer Starfrost. Minor Dairy produces a variety of premium ice cream products for

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Speed Up Weighing Processes With Efficient Data Integration

    Speed Up Weighing Processes With Efficient Data Integration

Efficient data transfer between a PC and a weighing terminal increases productivity and provides improved documentation traceability. Effective data integration software offers: * Easier regulatory compliance * Reduced input errors

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Solid Belt Brings Benefits For Seafood

    Solid Belt Brings Benefits For Seafood

The key to success for seafood processors is getting product to market in the right condition. Because it is so delicate, seafood needs to be handled very carefully to retain

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High Energy Losses in Cold Stores are a Thing of the Past

    High Energy Losses in Cold Stores are a Thing of the Past

It is a world premiere, it revolutionizes door technology in cold stores and sits at the top of deep-freeze doors with an extremely low heat transfer – the EFA-TK-100 featuring

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Thermo King Introduces New V-600 and V-800 Series of Powerful Refrigeration Units for City Distribution

    Thermo King Introduces New V-600 and V-800 Series of Powerful Refrigeration Units for City Distribution

Brussels, Belgium, 08 August, 2013 – Thermo King, a manufacturer of transport temperature control solutions for a variety of mobile applications and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, introduces the new

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Irish Consumers Change Purchasing Habits in Light of Horse Meat Issue

    Irish Consumers Change Purchasing Habits in Light of Horse Meat Issue

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published research into the impact of the horse meat contamination issue on Irish consumer confidence and trust in the food they purchase.

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Neogen develops simple tests for shellfish toxins

AYR, Scotland, 25, July 2013 — Neogen Europe Ltd. has added to its comprehensive range of tests for the seafood industry with the introduction of rapid tests to detect the

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Nestlé Inaugurates New Nescafé Factory in Vietnam

    Nestlé Inaugurates New Nescafé Factory in Vietnam

Nestlé has inaugurated a new, SFr230 million (Eur185 million) factory in Vietnam that will meet growing demand for its Nescafé

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The white bread slump: ‘It’s maybe our fault in promoting wholemeal’, says Federation of Bakers

Industry has dedicated a lot of promotional efforts on wholemeal bread and this could have contributed to the slump in

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Just Half of British Consumers Trust the Food Industry to Provide Safe Food

    Just Half of British Consumers Trust the Food Industry to Provide Safe Food

Six months on from the horse meat scandal, British consumers remain highly sceptical about the efficiency of the British food

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Call For Evidence in Food Supply Chain Review

    Call For Evidence in Food Supply Chain Review

A call for written evidence has been issued by Professor Chris Elliott as part of an independent review into UK

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EFSA Recommends Improvements to Meat Inspection

    EFSA Recommends Improvements to Meat Inspection

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has completed a major piece of work that will provide the scientific basis for

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Labcell Introduces Entry Level Water Activity Analyser

Labcell is introducing the new Decagon Devices AquaLab Pre water activity analyser, an entry-level instrument that costs substantially less than

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TOMRA Sorting Investigates In-line Horse Meat Detection

The recent discovery of unintended content of horse meat in food products has sparked TOMRA Sorting Food to investigate if

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EFSA Reports on Listeria Levels in Certain Ready-to-eat Foods

    EFSA Reports on Listeria Levels in Certain Ready-to-eat Foods

The first part of EFSA’s analysis of an EU-wide baseline survey on Listeria monocytogenes provides valuable insights into the presence

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Dietary advice on added sugars needs ‘emergency surgery’: BMJ commentary

    Dietary advice on added sugars needs ‘emergency surgery’: BMJ commentary

The food industry has manipulated dietary advice on added sugars for profit – and the advice itself is in urgent

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New Rules For Baby Food, Special Diet Food and Low-calorie Food

    New Rules For Baby Food, Special Diet Food and Low-calorie Food

Rules on the labelling and content of baby milk and foods for special medical purposes should be better defined in

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Leatherhead Opens DirtyLab – A New Facility For Pathogen Challenge Testing

    Leatherhead Opens DirtyLab – A New Facility For Pathogen Challenge Testing

Leatherhead Food Research has officially opened its Pathogen Pilot Plant, otherwise known as DirtyLab. This new facility, with category II

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Study unlocks trigger for late-night snack cravings

    Study unlocks trigger for late-night snack cravings

An evolutionary trait that helped predecessors store energy in times of food scarcity may now be the driving factor behind

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Cold-storage humidification sanitizes, disinfects

    Cold-storage humidification sanitizes, disinfects

Smart Fog has launched a new cold-storage humidification system that sanitizes and disinfects at the same time. The ES100H-2 reportedly

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JBT FoodTech launches contact cooker at IFFA

    JBT FoodTech launches contact cooker at IFFA

Efficiency and cleanability are the main benefits of JBT FoodTech’s contact cooker launched at the IFFA 2013 Trade show in

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PMMI launches online risk assessment course

    PMMI launches online risk assessment course

The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) now offers an online learning course geared toward helping food packaging operations get a

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Produce World Isleham Wins Industry Safety Award

    Produce World Isleham Wins Industry Safety Award

The UK’s largest grower and supplier of fresh produce has been awarded an International Safety Award by the British Safety

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Breast Cancer UK issues BPA ban rallying cry but FSA remains unmoved

Breast Cancer UK has claimed there is a “wealth of peer reviewed, scientific evidence that raises serious concerns” over the

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EC Proposals to Modernise, Simplify and Strengthen the Agri-food Chain in Europe

    EC Proposals to Modernise, Simplify and Strengthen the Agri-food Chain in Europe

The European Commission has adopted a package of measures to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the

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Cheshire Farm Installs N-ice Metal Detector

    Cheshire Farm Installs N-ice Metal Detector

Award-winning ice cream producer Cheshire Farm continues to invest in its modern factory with the recent installation of a metal

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Quality Assurance is Paramount

Paramount 21, a South-Devon family owned frozen food manufacturer, has installed an end of line Loma IQ3 Metal Detector to

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Produce World Leads With New Machine Installation

    Produce World Leads With New Machine Installation

Produce World, one of the largest expert growers and suppliers of high quality fresh vegetables in Europe, continues to lead

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DuPont BAX Salmonella assay attains AOAC approval

The DuPont BAX System assay for detecting Salmonella  has been recognized AOAC International as an Official Method of Analysis (OMA) 2013.03. The

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Labcell Introduces Innovative Dip-style Digital Refractometer

Labcell is adding the Atago Pen Pro dip-style digital refractometer to its range of instrumentation for the food and drink

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Nanomaterials knowledge gaps highlighted

The possibility of a ‘Trojan Horse Effect’ of nanomaterials (NMs) needs more research, according to a study identifying knowledge gaps in

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FSA agrees to external review into horse meat scandal

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has agreed to an external review in response to the adulteration of processed beef products

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Bottled water good for the planet: IBWA

The International Bottled Water Assn. (IBWA), in time for upcoming Earth Day celebrations, is promoting bottled water as an eco-friendly product.

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Alcoa to clean-up US river after EPA finalises plan

Alcoa will clean-up a US river at an estimated cost of $243m after chemicals from one of its sites were found

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Study highlights consumer reaction to carbon monoxide use in MAP

German consumers’ are willing to pay more for bright red coloured ground beef even when told it results from treatment with

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EFSA: Campylobacter and E.coli cases rise

Numbers of EU consumers contracting Campylobacter and E.coli food poisoning are increasing, with the data on E.coli particularly worrying, according to

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Manda Packing expands meat recall in listeria scare

Baker, LA-based Manda Packing Co. is recalling 468,000 lbs. of roast beef, ham, turkey breast, head cheese, and other products meats

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Light curtains could help curb food factory accidents

Light curtains could help address food factory accidents involving lack of appropriate safety guards on equipment, although they are not a

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INDUSTRY-LEADING WHITE PAPER EXAMINES LATEST CLEANING METHODS IN FOOD MANUFACTURING

Hygiene Group, the specialist contract cleaning services provider, has launched an informative white paper evaluating the latest methods in cleaning

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