Wyma Mega-Polisher carrot-polishing machine
22 May, 2013With more than 1000 Wyma customised polishing brushes and a capacity of up to 20 t/h, the Wyma Mega-Polisher is claimed to be the largest carrot-polishing machine available.
Spring Gully boosts production to trade out of administration
22 May, 2013Spring Gully Foods says it has hired additional staff to boost production while it attempts to trade its way out of voluntary administration. The company has moved to two shifts a day to meet rapidly expanded demand.
Pectinase 872L keeps fruit firm
20 May, 2013When approached by a customer to increase the firmness of strawberry pieces in yoghurt, Biocatalysts developed Pectinase 872L, which works by catalysing the hydrolysis of the methyl ester bonds in pectin, releasing free carboxyl groups.
Flame pasteurising sizzles
14 May, 2013Flame pasteurisation - the flash roasting of vegetables over an open flame system - is now bringing breakout cooking efficiencies while reducing yield loss for processors who prepare onions and vegetables.
No tariffs for imported tinned fruit, PM says
03 May, 2013The government will not consider imposing tariffs on imported tinned fruit, the Prime Minister has told ABC Rural, despite calls from SPC Ardmona to put temporary tariff protection in place.
Olam opens $60 million almond processing plant
05 April, 2013Olam International has opened a $60 million almond hulling and processing plant in Victoria. The 12,000 m2 facility is reportedly the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
Last Australian-owned cannery enters voluntary administration
13 March, 2013According to AUSVEG, Windsor Farm in Cowra has struggled with the high dollar, increases to AQIS export licences and “the supermarket duopoly”.
Three-way sorting capability for Key Technology’s Optyx camera sorters
06 February, 2013Key Technology has introduced its three-way sorting capability on Optyx, making this camera/laser sorter suitable for walnuts, raisins, dates, cherries and other small-sized products.
New technology takes the danger out of ripening fruit
29 November, 2012Materials scientists from UQ have developed a way to convert unstable ethylene gas into a more stable powder form, which will improve the safety, efficiency and effort involved in controlled ripening of fruit.
FAM Lifis flexible V-belt slicer for fruit and vegetables
13 August, 2012The FAM Lifis is a hygienic, flexible V-belt slicer with a large product opening. It is designed for cutting a range of vegetables and fruit.
Vegetable growers concerned by rising imports
18 July, 2012Statistics showing that processed vegetable imports have increased dramatically have dismayed Australian vegetable growers.
Heat and Control ETranslicer
01 June, 2012The ETranslicer is suitable for elongated vegetables, fruits and cooked meats and creates flat and crinkle slices, oval shred, julienne strips and julienne cuts.
Bühler Sortex E1A optical sorter for removing foreign material
01 June, 2012Bühler’s Sortex E1A optical sorter is designed to remove foreign material from fruit and vegetable packing lines.
Key Technology Auto Dryer for fresh-cut produce
20 January, 2012Key Technology has redesigned its Auto Dryer, adjusting the controls, motor and structure. Like the original dryer, it removes surface water from fresh-cut produce and vegetables, but it also enables continuous line flow.
Rockmelons kill 30 in the US
19 December, 2011 by Janette WoodhouseWith a final death toll of 30 people, including one miscarriage, the US’s most deadly outbreak ever of food poisoning has been declared over. In total, 146 people across 28 states became ill after eating Listeria monocytogenes contaminated whole rockmelon. While the number of deaths was not the largest ever recorded for a food poisoning outbreak, the greater than one in five death rate makes the outbreak of listeriosis the deadliest food poisoning incident in the US. The outbreak was also the first caused by whole, unprocessed produce.
