It is all done and dusted.The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games(Locog)has passed the baton to its Rio 2016 successor after a debriefing event to provide the Brazilian Games hosts with the lessons learned from the London ...
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Nut, fruit and vegetable processors have a new weapon in their quality control arsenal in the form of Tomra Sorting Solutions’ Best Nimbus N sorter, which can sort products in free fall. The 640mm or 1,200mm sorter uses ...
Tags: Tomra, hyperspectrum cameras, Nimbus N, free fall, infra-red, IPA, nuts
UK-based food inspection specialist S+S Inspection has harnessed the power of neodymium magnets to offer an easy to implement method of removing metal contaminants from liquid and paste product manufacturing lines. LIQUIMAG ...
Tags: Innovation, Plant Safety, Equipment
The trend towards energy-saving x-ray equipment for the food industry continues to increase momentum, with Eagle Product Inspection’s Pack 400 HC being the latest launch in the area. In addition to a range of other x-ray ...
Tags: Eagle Product Inspection, Mettler-Toledo, Pack Expo, x-ray
A UK packaging company has been fined after one of its employees sustained a serious hand injury on an unguarded laminating machine. Gary Dean of Redstock Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, had the skin on the palm of his left hand torn ...
Meech International has launched two devices designed to eradicate contamination of food processing equipment. The company has unveiled its Hyperion 971 bar for removing static cling, delivering fresh ammunition in the war against dust ...
Tags: Meech International, static cling, ionisation, contaminants
Nestlé’s confectionery factory in York, UK, has bagged a safety award for a scheme assessing plant design risks that has reduced the frequency of accidents by a third. The confectioner won the National Food and Drink ...
Tags: IOSH, National Food and Drink Health and Safety Awards, nestle, safety
Food processing giant Kraft Foods was forced to order the evacuation of around 1,800 people after a mixing error at a cream cheese factory in Germany created a cloud of hazardous gas. The incident, which took place at the ...
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has approved an application from dairy giant Fonterra to use hydrogen peroxide as a processing aid to control lactic acid-producing micro-organisms during the manufacture of certain dairy ...
Tags: peroxide, FSANZ, Fonterra, Australia, New Zealand, dairy, hydrogen
Detectamet is rolling out a host of detectable accessories for food and drink manufacturers, from tote bin liners to ear plugs and hygienic gloves. The company told FoodProductionDaily that increased international adoption of British ...
Tags: nitrile, British Retail Consortium, BRC, Detectamet, recalls, contamination
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a craft brewer for safety hazards after a worker died while cleaning equipment. OSHA has proposed 14 alleged violations totalling $63,500 ...
Tags: CBA, safety hazard, OSHA, cite, worker death, keg
Canadian Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz has said the XL Foods plant at the centre of an E.coli outbreak will only re-open when there is written proof that there is no health risk from its products. XL Foods in Alberta had its ...
Tags: Public Concerns, Plant Safety, Equipment
Arla Foods and Fonterra have teamed up with Danish analytical solutions provider Foss to develop a screening method to determine whether milk has been tampered with for financial gain. The'fingerprint'-based screening technique will ...
Tags: Arla, Fonterra, Foss, China, Denmark, milk, dairy, safety, melamine
Marglen Industries has been cited for two violations totalling nearly $70,000 after a worker’s fingers were amputated while working on a machine. The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...
Tags: OSHA, citation, PET, resin, worker injury
PTI Inspection Systems is displaying a range of packaging solutions, including packaging machinery and testing systems, at trade show Pack Expo in Chicago. The company's Packaging Systems business unit is introducing a new rotary form, ...
Tags: PTI Packaging Systems, Topak, PTI Inspection Systems, SmartPac, HVLD