Don’t Wait for Compulsory Food Traceability

It seems that compulsory product traceability may be imminent for food and beverage manufacturers as global efforts to facilitate recalls and protect consumer safety increase following several consumer safety scandals in recent years. So, what would compulsory traceability mean? How might traceability record keeping, and in particular batch-level coding, play a crucial role in the […]

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New features for Bürkert’s Ex valve island optimize performance in hazardous areas

Process automation in hazardous areas requires specialist equipment, which Bürkert has excelled in for many years. The company’s process of continuous improvement has led to the latest update to the Type 8650 AirLINE valve island, which has expanded the features of this industry-leading equipment. The use of pneumatic process control systems offers many advantages to […]

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Scandi Standard Standardizes with Infor Cloud

Leading producer of chilled, frozen and ready-made chicken products to adopt Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage as a platform for growth Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that Scandi Standard has chosen Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage to consolidate and standardize its core processes such as purchasing, processing, logistics and finance. The suite will be delivered as […]

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Food safety takes priority in design

By Matt Hale, International Sales & Marketing Manager, HRS Heat Exchangers Modern food production systems have reduced the cost of foods and made them more available, but general trends towards the centralisation of food supply also increases the opportunity that food safety issues, such as contamination with pathogens or toxins will affect large numbers of […]

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Optimising hygiene controls in food processing environments

Spokesperson: Jodie Curry, Commercial Manager, Fortress Technology Recent events, particularly the Coronavirus pandemic, has heightened awareness on hygiene compliance and the need for people throughout the food supply chain to accept personal responsibility for maintaining equipment cleaning routines and sanitation protocols. Metal and X-Ray contaminant detection and checkweighing specialist Fortress Technology outlines some simple ways […]

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Off-the-shelf: Delivering supermarket-spec food safety due diligence

Metal detection systems continue to be the mainstay of preventing contaminants entering the food production chain. As more and more advanced equipment enters the market, food safety specialist Fortress Technology has engineered a retailer-spec conveyor system that reassuringly ticks all the due diligence requirements for all product and application requirements. Fully compliant with British Retail […]

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