At the Semicon West 2012 trade show in San Francisco,CA,USA(10-12 July),laser-based trace gas analyzer manufacturer Tiger Optics LLC of Warrington,PA,USA unveiled the HALO-KA,which can detect traces of contaminants to 200 ...
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Epson Robots has launched new robots for use in unwrapped food transportation lines.The robots have been designed to prevent all kinds of food contamination caused due to human intervention. The Epson C3-IP67 washdown robots feature high ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA)is set to initiate a five-year project to create a public database of the gene sequences of 100,000 bacteria,as a part of its effort to rapidly identify the source of contamination and bring foodborne ...
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The Food Standards Agency(FSA)has initiated a UK-wide survey to compare foods that have voluntary allergen labeling with similar products that do not have such labeling. Allergen advisory labeling,such as labeling that states'may contain ...
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Empower Foods has recalled Empower Power Wraps and Tony Ferguson High Fibre Wraps in Australia,as the products may contain small metal pieces,according to the Food Safety Standards Australia and New Zealand(FSANZ). Consumers have been ...
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Advanced Photonix gets first industrial THz order 11 Jul 2012 Receives first orders from its value-added reseller,Thermo Fisher Scientific,for its'T-Gauge'industrial terahertz gauging system. Advanced Photonix develops diverse silicon ...
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The US government's Egg Safety Rule,which features standards to prevent Salmonella contamination at laying facilities,has come into effect from 9 July 2012. Previously,the rule was applicable only for large egg producers with over 50,000 ...
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Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In a Brooklyn winery on a sultry July evening, an elegant crowd sips rosé and nibbles trout plucked from the gin-clear streams ...
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Codex Alimentarius Commission,the UN food standards body,has unveiled new safety standards for food products,which includes the maximum level of melamine in liquid milk formula,in order to ensure food safety. The Commission is responsible ...
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Semiconductor manufacturers will spend $2.3 billion in 2012 for flow control and treatment products. This includes products used to extract water from sources, purify it for use in chip washing and other purposes and to purify effluent ...
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Bright Dairy&Food is recalling hundreds of cartons of milk in China after a mechanical error tainted the products with alkaline water,according to the Shanghai Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau. The recall was initiated after ...
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India is set to implement regulations for street food,as a part of its effort to ensure food safety and promote consumer confidence. The Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS),the national standards body of India,has finalized basic requirements ...
Power+Energy Inc(P+E)of Ivyland,PA,USA has provided a 9000MS Series hydrogen purifier to SemiSouth Laboratories Inc of Starkville,MS,USA,which designs and manufactures silicon carbide(SiC)devices for ...
Tags: SemiSouth, Power+Energy, Hydrogen purifiers, SiC epi, semiconductor, MOCVD
A novel particle tracking scheme has been developed to evaluate aquifer susceptibility to contamination transport, and compared in 11 aquifers across the US to examine regional and temporal patterns. Climate, geology, and aquifer geometry ...
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But the leading manufacturer of CMOS image sensors still sees a need to diversify outside of consumer applications. Diversification strategy:medical applications OmniVision Technologies has reported a strong sequential increase in ...
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