Processing Equipment & Systems, Automation, Control

Sample that: Dietz & Watson takes up Listeria tech

23-Oct-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

Dietz & Watson has cut time to result by days by using Sample6 technology to test, find and remediate Listeria before products leave one of its plants.

Davisco Foods division hit with $88k EPA penalty

21-Oct-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

A division of Davisco Foods International has settled with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to comply with Clean Air Act Risk Management Plan regulations.

Pack Expo 2014

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery debuts its Split Hopper dry powder filler

21-Oct-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery which works with General Mills, Quaker Oats and Nestlé, will debut its 20-gallon Split Hopper for powder filling applications, including vertical form fill seal machines, at Pack Expo.

Advances in Beverage Filling Technology 2014: Special Newsletter

17-Oct-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

We hope you enjoy today's special edition newsletter, which groups together four articles on beverage filling technology advances and trends, where investing in the right machinery is vital to win that competitive edge by supplying customers with...

INDUSTRY VOICES: INDIAN BEVERAGE FILLING INSIGHTS

‘Technology transfer cost’ hinders aseptic filling uptake in India

17-Oct-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

An experienced engineering project manager who has completed projects for the likes of PepsiCo and Coca-Cola tells us that technology transfer costs are to blame for slow Indian uptake of aseptic filling.

Dairy fined after Clean Water Act violations

07-Oct-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

E&M Farms Inc. has agreed to pay a $7,500 civil penalty to settle violations of the Clean Water Act (CWA) at its dairy site.

Losurdo Foods settles with EPA over pollutant discharges

29-Sep-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

Losurdo Foods has agreed to upgrade its cheese manufacturing equipment to reduce the amount of pollutants it discharges.

NextGuard designed to inspect packaged products for flaws

26-Sep-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

Thermo Fisher Scientific has added inspection capabilities and enhanced detection to its NextGuard X-ray platform. 

Glanbia reveals use of Qadex software

29-Aug-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

Glanbia Performance Nutrition has spoken out about its use of Qadex Vision software to manage parts of its business.  

Campylobacter illnesses linked to raw milk

28-Aug-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

Raw milk purchased at Ropelato Dairy in Utah has been linked to 45 Campylobacter illnesses.

Changing Listeria contamination patterns analysed in cheese facility

27-Aug-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

The sources of Listeria monocytogenes contamination and its changing patterns in a fresh cheese processing plant have been investigated by researchers.

SQI Diagnostics to automate assay for testing pathogens in raw milk

25-Aug-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

SQI Diagnostics has entered into a contract with a UK-based company to automate their DNA-based pathogen detection assays.

Speakers include former Unilever product safety director

Top of the agenda: Nonthermal Processing

19-Aug-2014 By Jenny Eagle

The Ohio State University will host the 2014 International Nonthermal Processing Workshop with the theme “Nonthermal Processing Systems for Healthy and Sustainable Foods” on October 21-24, sponsored by Avure Technologies and Multivac.

Former Coca-Cola head joins Cavitus and opens US office

14-Aug-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Doug Dichting, former VP at Del Monte Foods, The Coca-Cola Company and Schweppes Beverages has joined Cavitus as president and opened an office in Atlanta, Georgia.

Tesco prototype glass app orders milk virtually

12-Aug-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Tesco R&D team has partnered with Google Glass to test an app that orders groceries virtually.

‘The fall in production may lead to unpaid lay-offs’

Valio looks at job cuts following Russia export ban

11-Aug-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Valio says it has started negotiations with the Finnish Act on Co-operation within Undertakings to talk about possible job cuts following a ban on exports to Russia.

Grassland Dairy Products fined $300k

07-Aug-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Grassland Dairy Products has been fined $300,000 for water pollution.

Arla Foods’ EGM Walhorn merger expands dairy farmer partnership

06-Aug-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Arla Foods’ status as a multinational farmer-owned dairy company has been reinforced by its EGM Walhorn merger taking on the Netherlands.

'Commercial appetite' for photopurification growing with data: SurePure

31-Jul-2014 By Mark ASTLEY

The “commercial appetite” for SurePure’s Turbulator photopurification technology will increase as the data supporting its safety and benefits grows, says the South African company.

Datalogic to supply packaging machine sensors for SMI Group

23-Jul-2014 By Jenny Eagle

SMI Group has partnered with Datalogic to integrate its sensors in its bottling and packaging machines, which are delivered to F&B corporations including Carlsberg, Coca Cola, Danone, Heinz and Nestlè. 

UN tightens regulation on lead in infant formula lead and arsenic in rice

22-Jul-2014 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The United Nation’s food standards body has adopted new maximum levels for lead in infant formula and arsenic in rice. 

JBT FoodTech completes Stork ICS acquisition

22-Jul-2014 By Jenny Eagle

JBT FoodTech has completed the acquisition of Stork ICS’s hydrostatic sterilizer technology.

WhiteWave pours into LEED-certified production facility

15-Jul-2014 By Jenni Spinner

The beverage and food producer’s 325,000-square-foot facility has received LEED certification from the US Green Building Council.

25% of milk produced in Tanzania wet season is wasted

Travesty of poor refrigeration in developing countries

30-Jun-2014 By Jenny Eagle

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has launched a report which claims 25% of food wastage in the developing world could be eliminated with better refrigeration equipment. 

Bürkert FloWave starts field tests in the dairy industry

27-Jun-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Bürkert FloWave, which measures the flow of a liquid in a pipe, is being tested in the dairy industry and has requests from a chocolate manufacturer.

INSIDE...THE VIETNAM MILK FACTORY

Inside the 'mega factory': take a tour of Vinamilk's plant

16-May-2014 By Rachel Arthur

Tetra Pak and Vinamilk recently invited DairyReporter.com inside the Vietnam Milk Factory near Ho Chi Minh City – which it describes as a 'state-of-the-art' liquid dairy plant.

Interpack 2014

Tetra Laval to open Dairy Hub in Cape Verde

13-May-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Tetra Laval plans to open a Dairy Hub in Cape Verde, off the coast of West Africa.

Dairy processor hit with wastewater discharge penalty

13-May-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

Idaho Milk Products will pay a $170,000 penalty to resolve Clean Water Act violations related to the discharge of wastewater, said the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Detecting Listeria with MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

12-May-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

Listeria monocytogenes can be detected from selective enrichment broths using MALDI–TOF mass spectrometry, according to a study.

dispatches from Analytica 2014

Food testing one of our main focusses - CEM

16-Apr-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

Food testing is an important business and represents a main focus point, according to the CEO of CEM.

dispatches from Analytica 2014

DairyGuard fights against milk powder adulteration

16-Apr-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

Precise, specific and reproducible results must be achieved when screening for known and unknown adulterants in milk powder, according to PerkinElmer.

2014 SPECIAL EDITION: DRIVING UP QUALITY, DRIVING DOWN COST

‘Hey Presto! Better Queso Fresco, with High Pressure Processing

04-Apr-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

High Pressure Processing (HPP) is a promising technology to extend the shelf life of soft cheese Quesco Fresco and possibly prevent harmful recalls without altering its taste.

BEVERAGE & DAIRY TREATMENT 2014

'Sell your process pizzazz!’ Packaging guru urges beverage brands

19-Mar-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Beverage brands using sophisticated process technologies including aseptic and HPP should better communicate the advantages that they lend, says one world renowned packaging expert.

GEA PROCOMAC, AVURE, COCA-COLA HELLENIC, REFRESCO-GERBER

Beverage & Dairy Treatment 2014: Free Online Event!

19-Mar-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Join us on March 20 for a free online event devoted to filling technologies including aseptic, ESL and high pressure processing (HPP) that also teases out their packaging and branding implications

Coca-Cola Hellenic reveals interest in Pulpy Super Milky style dairy mixed drinks

17-Mar-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

Coca-Cola Hellenic says it is exploring the technological aspects of filling dairy and juice-based mixed drinks but agrees with Refresco Gerber that Western European markets are not quite ready.

Johannesburg, South Africa March 18-19 2014

‘Not just a drinktec carbon copy!’ food & drink technology Africa

13-Mar-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

With the inaugural food & drink technology Africa trade show only days away, show organisers Messe München insist the continent is the ‘market of the future’ but presents distinct challenges.

Dispatches from EU Food Manufacturing and Safety Summit

Quicker problem solving for food safety

28-Feb-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

An online scientific and technical knowledge platform is hoping to solve problems faster than currently possible.

ASA rejects ad compliant: Organic dairy, 'naturally' different?

27-Feb-2014 By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

The UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has rejected complaints that an organic milk promotion was misleading in its implication that high-protein dairy cow diets were not natural.

Demand rises for automated cheese chilling

25-Feb-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Starfrost has secured a contract with Milmeq in Australia and New Zealand to supply food processing equipment across the UK and Ireland.

Sensor chip targets food safety

21-Feb-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

An EU project has created a disposable, mass-producible polymer-based nano-photonic sensor chip for a range of applications including food safety.

GEA Procomac sells first ever aseptic PET line for milk products in India

13-Feb-2014 By Ben BOUCKLEY

GEA Procomac has sold the first ever aseptic filling line in India for milk products in PET bottles to India's biggest milk producer Gujarat Co-Op Milk Marketing Federation.

OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY MONTH

Nestlé cuts 35% operational costs with Dematic

12-Feb-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Dematic, which supplies logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution center, has cut 35% operational costs at Nestlé’s Anderson, Indiana plant in the US thanks to its Automated Storage/Retrieval System (ASRS).

Sub-Saharan milk cooler project awarded $1m grant

10-Feb-2014 By Mark ASTLEY

A US engineer has been awarded $1m (€735,000) to complete the development of a biogas-powered milk cooler for sub-Saharan dairy farmers that lack access to refrigeration.

Cheese firm fined as worker injured after forklift truck fall

27-Jan-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

A UK cheese manufacturer has been fined for safety failings after a worker suffered leg and ankle injuries when he fell from the forks of a forklift truck.

Asian milk powder demand drove €120m Q4 deals: GEA

10-Jan-2014 By Mark ASTLEY

Increasing Chinese and Asian demand for dairy products afforded GEA €120m ($163m) worth of orders from European processors in the last three months of 2013 alone, the German processing technology manufacturer has revealed.

CK Foods delays cheese factory to open poultry plant

07-Jan-2014 By Jenny Eagle

CK Foods has put plans for a cheese production centre on hold as it opens a poultry processing plant in Bradford, UK.

INSIDE... TETRA PAK MODENA

Emerging market dairy customers 'setting a standard': Tetra Pak

03-Jan-2014 By Mark ASTLEY

The once clear divide between the technological demands of dairy manufacturers in developed and emerging markets has become increasingly blurred, Tetra Pak’s VP of technologies and service products has claimed.

Neogen buy targets ‘one stop shop’

03-Jan-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

Neogen Corporation has acquired the stock of Chem-Tech Ltd., a manufacturer of insecticides for the animal and food industries.

SPECIAL EDITION: AUTOMATION & CONTROL

Adams Foods installs factory performance software

18-Dec-2013 By Jenny Eagle

Pre-packed cheese supplier, Adams Foods, has partnered with Olympus Automation to install its PDX Performance factory reporting software.

£45-50M investment plan for Müller Dairy

09-Dec-2013 By Rod Addy

Müller Dairy is planning £45-50M worth of investment across its UK business and expects eventually to create up to 100 jobs at its Market Drayton site in Shropshire.