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Ozone in the food industry
Ozone is a gas that can be readily generated at point of use and used directly as an oxidising biocide, odour control agent or sterilising agent with food, beverages or site water
[ + ]Savings through refrigeration energy management control
Businesses can benefit significantly by moving towards energy management practices. Energy management can be incorporated into existing business systems to provide an integrated approach to business sustainability
[ + ]Would you like Salmonella with that?
Most people properly associate Salmonella with raw poultry. But according to an analysis of food-poisoning outbreaks, fresh produce is catching up with chicken as a major culprit of Salmonella infections
[ + ]Coffee freezing systems
In order for a complete coffee freezing conveyor for a new customer in India has further increased Sandvik Process Systems' penetration into the Asian market
[ + ]Choosing the best filtration method
Selecting filtration equipment is the combined result of many considerations. In addition to removing the undesirable material from a liquid stream, the filtration method selected must also satisfy other requirements
[ + ]Active packaging
The way in which active and smart packaging can secure the quality and freshness of products is a highly topical issue for both the food processing and packaging industries
[ + ]From the fieldbus to ERP
Food production involves more than just 'good taste', as economic efficiency also plays a major role. Manufacturing processes require a high degree of automation that makes it possible to maintain consistently high levels of quality
[ + ]Taking the darkness out of chicken meat
Poultry and food scientist Daniel Fletcher is turning dark chicken meat into something more valuable. Through centrifuge and other extraction methods, Fletcher is 'creating' white meat
[ + ]Transporting refrigerated food
Food scares, outbreaks of disease and death around the world in the 1990s have triggered major concerns and revisions to food safety arrangements
[ + ]Conveying mixed ingredients without separation
GloryBee Foods is a US manufacturer and distributor of organic food products. Their diverse product line requires conveying of bulk materials having dissimilar characteristics to a filling machine - undamaged and with no separation of blended products
[ + ]The development of robotic pizza pickers
While an expert pizzaiolo might prepare a pizza in a few minutes, an industrial pizza machine must turn out hundreds of pizze in the same time frame
[ + ]US meat, poultry and seafood packaging forecast
Demand for meat, poultry and seafood packaging in the US is projected to increase 4.0% annually to US$6.9 billion in 2009. About half of the gains will be attributable to an increase in meat, poultry and seafood production
[ + ]Anti-microbial flooring for dairy
In what represents the first anti-microbial flooring installation in the New Zealand dairy industry, Flowcrete's Ultrafresh HF was recently selected by Westland Milk Products for its AMF Plant in Hokitika, South Island
[ + ]UV disinfection in the dairy industry
In an increasingly regulated and safety-conscious market, the dairy industry has to meet ever more stringent standards of quality. Effective microbial disinfection of process water is therefore essential
[ + ]When crunch comes to chomp
Meeting customer expectations for product quality is essential to success in any competitive industry. In the grain-based food industry the need to maintain quality while satisfying customer demands for new products is an ongoing problem
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