Tomra Sorting Food has unveiled two new potato sorters in the ongoing Interpom-Primeurs 2016 trade fair in Belgium. The two sorters are dubbed Tomra 5A and Tomra 5B. While Tomra 5A sorts completely unpeeled and peeled process potatoes, ...
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Norwegian sensor-based sorting company Tomra has introduced a free-fall laser sorting machine in China to help food manufacturers tackle the threat caused by aflatoxin contamination. Branded as Nimbus BSI, the new laser sorters are said ...
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Australia-based Indya Foods has recalled Haldiram's Nagpur Indian Snacks Tasty Nuts as it contains aflatoxin beyond permitted levels in the Food Standards Code, the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) announced. The product ...
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Hong Kong has had enough of mainland mothers emptying the region's shelves of imported baby formula. The government there will fine people up to US$64,000 and potentially throw them in jail for up to two years if they're caught carrying too ...
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The commercial pet foods industry rakes in billions of dollars annually.In exchange for our dollars,we trust the companies to provide our pets with quality nutrition.The recent pet food recall demonstrated that our trust has been ...
UK-based food ingredients firm Tate & Lyle has announced that it expects to deliver modest progress for the full financial year ending 31 March 2013. Ahead of the announcement of the full year results on 30 May 2013, the company has ...
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Tate & Lyle plc has said it expects "modest" full-year gains as an increase in corn prices dented third-quarter results. The ingredients group announced its third-quarter profit before tax was "broadly in line" with expectations, but down ...
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China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) has ordered Hunan AVA Dairy to halt the production of infant formula products, as they were found to contain the carcinogen aflatoxin. AQSIQ ...
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The UK Food Standards Agency has published the results of its latest research, which includes a comparison of aflatoxin contamination levels in Brazil nuts kernels and their shells. The study results revealed that initially aflatoxin ...
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The Iowa state in the US has made it mandatory for state's dairy processors to test all milk received in the state for aflatoxin,a carcinogenic compound which is produced by fungus that grows on grain and peanuts. Aflatoxin can sometimes ...
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