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Sweetening the sugar industry's energy efficiency
With 35 kg of sugar/head/year being consumed, the sugar industry is thriving. Now, milling electrification is making the industry more energy efficient. [ + ]
Mining seafood process water for nutrients
Process waters from the seafood industry are currently treated as waste but they actually contain recoverable nutrients. [ + ]
Nifty way of detecting toxic strains of E. coli
Progress is being made on the development of a sensor platform that will be able to distinguish different strains of pathogens. [ + ]
Wash-up from US's romaine lettuce E. coli O157:H7 outbreak
Five died and hundreds were sick following the US's largest E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in a decade. [ + ]
Getting cephalopods onto your plate
Squid, octopus and cuttlefish could become an important food source, but they need some good preparation and PR. [ + ]
The truth behind machine vision misconceptions
As the machine vision industry goes on to embrace autonomous machine vision, misconceptions remain. [ + ]
Shocking news for Listeria
Listeria can be inactivated using electrical fields without needing drastic temperature increases. [ + ]
Start planning for AUSPACK 2019
AUSPACK, Australia's largest bi-annual exhibition for the processing and packaging sectors, is coming to Melbourne in March next year. [ + ]
How hot are your sausages?
Near-infrared spectroscopy is at the heart of a Norweigan-developed SmartSensor that will give processors accurate process information on the line. [ + ]
Not all fibres are created equal
A new study is raising serious concerns about the safety of adding refined fibre such as inulin to processed foods. [ + ]
Measuring bulk solids: selecting the right technology — Part 2
Measuring the level and volume of bulk solids and powders in a vessel is challenging, so choosing the right measurement technology for the application is critical. [ + ]
Implementing new food processing technologies
Pulsed electric field preservation, high-pressure thermal sterilisation for ready-to-eat-meals and low shear extrusion of cold food products have been taken to a new stage in their industrial application. [ + ]
Choosing the right safety inspection system
What's worse than finding a safety issue at your workplace that could have potentially injured someone? Not finding the issue. [ + ]
Measuring bulk solids: selecting the right technology — Part 1
Measuring the level and volume of bulk solids and powders in a vessel is challenging, so choosing the right measurement technology for the application is critical. [ + ]
Making the global food system transparent and efficient
Using the IBM Food Trust solution, food can be traced from grower to consumer, enabling a more transparent and collaborative supply chain. [ + ]
