Fonterra to open $235m milk powder plant
11 December, 2013The Fonterra Board has approved a $235 million high-efficiency milk powder plant, which will enable the co-operative to process an additional 2.4 million litres of milk each day. The plant will be built at Fonterra's Pahiatua site in New Zealand.
Kronen KSM 100 salad and vegetable cutting machine
10 December, 2013 | Supplied by: Reactive Engineering Pty LtdThe KSM 100 salad and vegetable cutting machine from Kronen is suitable for cutting vegetables, salads and harder fruits. It comes with a variety of cutting tools and accessories, including a scraper which can be used with all knives.
Krones Viscofill viscous filling product systems
10 December, 2013 | Supplied by: JL Lennard Pty LtdThe Viscofill product range from Krones has been designed for filling liquid foods and is suitable for handling highly viscous products as well as those containing large chunks or high particle concentrations.
Canada counts the cost of E. coli
09 December, 2013Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) costs Canada $403.9 million each year, a study to be published in the Journal of Food Protection shows. More than 93% of VTEC infections in Canada are caused by the E. coli O157 strain.
Meat antimicrobial developed from nut processing by-product
05 December, 2013Organic meat processors could have a new weapon in the war on Listeria growth on meat. A study published in the Journal of Food Science shows that antimicrobials extracted from pecan shells protect meat against Listeria growth.
NZ focuses on 'lifestyle' wines
04 December, 2013A partnership between the New Zealand wine industry and the Ministry for Primary Industries is aiming to make the country the world’s leading producer of high-quality, reduced-calorie and lower-alcohol 'lifestyle' wines.
FrymaKoruma MaxxD Lab vacuum processing unit
04 December, 2013 | Supplied by: RomacoThe FrymaKoruma MaxxD Lab vacuum processing unit is used to perform test series and produce very small batch sizes. In the lab-scale version, the MaxxD has a usable volume of 3 to 12 L.
Key Technology VitiSort red wine grape sorter
29 November, 2013 | Supplied by: Key Technology Australia Pty LtdKey Technology's VitiSort is designed for sorting red wine grapes. The compact system combines a patent-pending mechanical MOG (material other than grape) removal shaker and optical sorting with an integral juice recovery system.
Treotham Automation Hygienic Design Gearboxes
29 November, 2013 | Supplied by: Treotham Automation Pty LtdDesigned and certified according to EHEDG rules to ensure good material resistance and cleanability, the Hygienic Design Gearboxes from Treotham Automation meet the stringent requirements of the food and pharmaceutical packaging industries.
Regency Exclusive microbial reference materials
29 November, 2013 | Supplied by: IntermedThe Regency Exclusive brand of microbial materials is available from Australasian Medical & Scientific Ltd. Microbial reference materials are important for quality control of media, method validation, positive controls and accreditation compliance.
Krones Evoguard centrifugal pump range
28 November, 2013 | Supplied by: JL Lennard Pty LtdThe Evoguard pump from Krones is a single-stage, normal-priming, hygienic centrifugal pump. The pumps are suitable for delivery flows of up to 100 m3/h, delivery heights of up to 80 m and operating pressures of up to PN 16.
'Hand-pulled' meat research project
26 November, 2013 | Supplied by: Summit Machinery ServicesThe increasing popularity of the 'hand-pulled' look for beef, lamb, pork and chicken has resulted in a research collaboration between Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and Summit Machinery.
Conductivity and fish freshness - or a new take on fish and chips
25 November, 2013Consumers and retailers could ascertain the freshness of the fish without opening the packaging if an RFID chip that measures freshness is included in the packaging. Consumers could then read the chip with their smartphones before deciding whether or not to buy.
Why beer bubbles over - the physics of beer bottle foam-over
25 November, 2013Finally, some important physics - researchers have worked out why if you tap the bottom of a newly opened beer bottle it froths up and foams everywhere.
Machinery Automation & Robotics BladeStop bandsaw safety device
25 November, 2013 | Supplied by: Scott Automation & Robotics Pty LimitedBladeStop is designed to reduce risks of serious injury by mechanically stopping the bandsaw blade within 15 ms when the unit senses that a person has come into contact with the blade.
