A new €8.1m five-year research and innovation program, focusing specifically on meat processing, has been launched at the Teagasc Ashtown Research Centre in Dublin. Dubbed as Meat Technology Ireland (MTI), the program has been ...
Tags: Beef, Sheep Meat
New Zealand exporters will soon be allowed to send chilled meat to China under a new agreement signed by the two countries. Significant revenues are expected to be made by the New Zealand meat sector following a Memorandum of Cooperation ...
Tags: chilled meat, frozen meat
US-based food processing technology firm Provisur Technologies has acquired select assets of AMFE and BFD Corporation for undisclosed sum. The acquisitions are aimed at expanding its meat separation portfolio. AMFE, based in the ...
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The ASX-listed Bindaree Beef Group has won four medals at the 2016 Australian Food Awards held in Melbourne this week. From a field of over 25 entries, Bindaree’s Cape Byron Angus Beef won the gold medal for the Branded Beef ...
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Burnsville-based Valley Natural Foods has announced that it would invest $2m to open a wholesale meat processing plant in Northfield, Minnesota. The company has purchased 16 acres of land, including a building, for the new plant, Valley ...
The new RotaVac system seamlessly integrates ILAPAK’s Delta 6000 flow-wrapper with an innovative rotary vacuum chamber that is optimised for applications - whether fresh primal meat cuts, retail, food service or cheese products. ...
Tags: ILAPK, RotaVac system, Flow Wrapper, Meat Products
Dunnes Stores has plans to acquire two meat wholesaling businesses -- Whelan Food & Meat Processors and Tipperary Sustainable Food Company - in Ireland. This moves comes after Dunnes Stores recently bought Café Sol chain of ...
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The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released new rules for food processors to control allergens. The new guidelines by FSIS aim to help poultry, meat and processed egg product ...
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Several Australian meat producers are petitioning the government to take control of the halal certification system in the country. Around 10 of the largest meat processors in Australia have approached the government in order to ...
Cargill Poland has divested its Polish pig and cattle entity Agro Provimi to meat processor PKM Duda for PLN28.1m (€6.7m). PKM Duda funded about 10% of the acquisition deal through its own resources, while the rest was managed ...
Tags: pig and cattle, processor PKM, Agro Provimi
TA1 texture analyser (available from Bestech Australia) is used by the Scottish Agricultural College for shear force measurements to measure the eating quality of meat. Uniformity and enhancement of meat eating quality is seen as an ...
You know that carton packaging 'tells' a consumer that your ready meal or packaged meat is superior quality. You've baulked at using it because the carton sleeves have to be applied by hand, and this would slow down your production process. ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Food Packaging
Scientists and regulators investigating the mysterious spread of a deadly virus plaguing the U.S. pork industry are stepping up their scrutiny of what the nation's hog herd eats. With a dearth of solid leads, investigators are exploring ...
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Inspired by growing consumer interest in deli meats with bolder flavors, Flavorseal developed seasoned transfer casings that work well with large particulates in the spice blend. After processing, these large particulates remain on the ...
Flavorseal continues the expansion of their netting solutions for the meat processing industry with a combination of new product development and a full line of knitted netting manufactured in their own knitting facility. Combined with ...
Tags: Netting Products, Meat Processors