Part of Cargill since 2008, Freeman’s of Newent are a primary chicken processing business, supplying independent butchers and the retail food sector. As part of Cargill’s drive to improve energy
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Due to a steep rise in on-site electricity costs – which have doubled in just two years –Fluorocarbon has invested in energy-efficient inverters and a free cooling system from process
Construction company Chalcroft has once again been awarded the RoSPA Gold Award for Occupational Health and Safety. According to RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents), the Gold Award
With 50 years of experience and more than A 50% market share in global freezing and frozen food products, JBT FoodTech has the ability and knowledge to exactly meet customer
There are two main types of floors that are suitable for the food industry. But in order to determine which is suitable several factors that have to be taken into
Bühler SORTEX will highlight pioneering new food safety and sorting technologies for frozen vegetable and berry processors during its educational seminar at the third International Conference ‘Berries of Ukraine –
Measom Freer has launched a new range of scoops in standard food safety colours, with antibacterial additive also available to provide that extra depth of protection. The scoops are manufactured
Food and drinks manufacturers are required to run environmental monitoring programmes to maintain safe production environments. These are scheduled campaigns of testing for the presence of pathogens and indicator organisms
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, has introduced a new range of Thermo Scientific Sterilin Water Sampling Bottles that better protect samples against contamination and other damage
ISS Facility Services, a leading global partner to food sector organisations, showcased its full range of specialist cleaning and hygiene services for the food manufacturing and processing industries at Foodex
Birmingham-based Hygiene Stores UK, a specialist division of Hygiene Group specialising in the supply of cleaning and janitorial equipment, has injected further expertise into its team with the appointment of
Instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology has added the i-SPEED 3 camera to its rental fleet of testing and monitoring instruments. By offering this device for hire, Ashtead is making the technology
New EU Regulation No. 1169/2011 on Provisions of Food Information to Consumers will have a massive impact on the way businesses develop and market their products, says one of the
The packaging machinery manufacturer, Sepha Ltd, has reported record sales of its recently extended range of non-destructive leak testing equipment for the world’s pharmaceutical packaging industry. With demand up across
On October 19, 2011 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed the presence of strains of listeria in cantaloupe samples taken from Jensen Farms. Currently, there are 33 additional
Clonmel, Tipperary-founded company Trustwater has won a major sustainability award at the International Dairy Federation Innovation Awards at the Dairy World Summit in Parma, Italy, for its pivotal chemical technologies
Water activity is a remarkably versatile quality metric in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, and is applicable at several different points within the production process. Water activity measurements can
Instrumentation specialist Ashtead Technology has witnessed a growing trend towards the deployment of entry level infrared cameras for predictive maintenance purposes. General Manager Alan Hasson says: “In the past, most
Probiotic bacteria are rapidly gaining ground as healthy food supplements. However, the production of this “functional food” has its pitfalls: only few probiotic bacterial strains are robust enough to survive
The Office of Fair Trding (OFT) has referred the completed acquisition of the frozen ready meals business of Headland Foods by Kerry Foods to the Competition Commission for further investigation.
Ecolab last week received an Innovation Award at the annual IFT Food Expo, stating to be the industry’s first and only cleaning program designed to address zero trans fat oil
Based at the company’s global marketing office in Dublin, Damien Heary leads innovation and planning teams in Ireland, the UK and US. He assumes responsibility for generating and applying consumer insights
The high performance, fixed-mount barcode reader, DataMan® 500 from Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ: CGNX) is now available for factory automation applications.
Youth Train CTC Wexford and MKRMS Food Safety have teamed up in an exciting project to provide unskilled young people
Cognex Corporation, the world’s leading supplier of machine vision systems, has released a new version of In-Sight® Explorer 4.5 expanding
Health and safety is a vital part of any business, but when it comes to food manufacture and processing,
HACCP International has endorsed Activeion and its ionator EXPä as a tool recommended for use in food facilities as part
HACH LANGE’s new automated laboratory robot, the AP3800, is the ultimate labour-saving laboratory device; enabling the unattended multiple parameter analysis
Innovative LIMS developer, Two Fold Software Limited, is releasing new user-friendly software that enables the company’s intuitive Qualoupe LIMS user