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Peeling off the layers
The latest developments in the fruit and vegetable industry – from processing, handling, new products and logistics.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Hygienic dryer for coated RTE Cereal Products
Bühler Aeroglide has introduced a new dryer designed for the clean, safe production of coated RTE cereal products. The new Bühler Ceres offers maximised production, significantly reduced cleaning times and energy efficiency. It is a direct result of an active collaboration with cereal processors from around the world. Ceres provides high sanitary production for coated RTE cereal […]
Softer stance on health claims
According to Innova Market Research, interest in healthy options appears to be continuing unabated. This is despite cutbacks in consumer expenditure and problems in some countries with regard to health claims legislation. Nearly 40% of the global launches recorded by Innova Market Insights in 2013 were positioned on a health platform of some kind, mainly […]
Salt of the Earth puts €1 million into packaging makeover
Salt of the Earth has introduced a new automatic packaging production line to improve quality and expand packaging options. The total investment is €1 million. The high-tech automatic packaging system is designed for tablets and granular salt products. Using rolls instead of traditional premade polyethylene (PE) bags, the new system enables the expansion of product […]
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Pacepacker designs robot solution for potato supplier
An economical and fully mobile Blu-Robot palletising system has provided Belmont Farms with a ‘Plug-and-Play’ robotic solution to handle up to 1000 tonnes of potatoes per year.
EFSA approves vitamin D2-rich yeast
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a positive scientific opinion on vitamin D2-rich baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). This will allow manufacturers to use Lallemand Vita D yeast as a natural and vegetarian alternative source of vitamin D. Summer sunlight is the best source of vitamin D, but the food we eat plays an […]
Product contamination insurance for the food and beverage industry
Willis Group Holdings, a global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, is launching a new product contamination insurance proposition in partnership with XL Group, Willis Limited’s Food and Drink and Faber Global teams, and in association with BRC Global Standards. Recall Shield has been designed with the BRC Global Standards team to encourage and reward […]
Business news, Food safety, New products, Regulatory, Sustainability
Sorting machines for dry ingredients
The Bühler Group, a provider of optical sorting solutions, has fortified its optical sorting portfolio for dry commodities, including nuts, seeds, pulses and grain. The Sortex A and Sortex B ranges aim to offer processors greater levels of yield. The sorting machines feature a range of customisable product options to enable processors to tailor the […]
Voluntary recalls and notifications on the rise
The Stericycle 2013 European Recall and Notification Index shows a sharp 29% rise in voluntary product safety notifications. In a bid to strengthen ties with customers and comply with regulations, more companies than ever before are voluntarily taking their products off the market. The marked increase of voluntary notifications, which now account for over 21% […]
New European food labelling regulations come into force later this year
ACE Group has advised that companies in the food and drink industry could face more claims from consumers as a result of new European food labelling regulations that come into force later this year. The purpose of the new regulation is to make food labelling easier for consumers to understand. It will streamline and simplify […]
Symposium on ‘Emerging Issues in Food’
The 9-11 June this year will see food industry experts convening to discuss ‘Emerging Issues in Food’. The 15th annual symposium in food science is being organised by the UK government’s Food and Environment Research Agency and the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), a partnership between the US Food and Drug […]
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
SGS serves up new food standard
The first global standard for auditing and certificating agents and brokers in the food supply chain is about to be awarded by SGS to a UK based company after more than 18 months of development work with the British Retail Consortium (BRC). David Brackston, technical director BRC Global Standards, says, “The new BRC Agents and […]
New modular hotfill machine
Sidel, the international supplier of liquid packaging solutions to the drinks industry, has produced a new modular hotfill machine that offers customers an extensive range of possible configurations. Part of the Sidel Matrix range, it provides high standards of hygiene to meet the production demands of more natural and fresher beverages, even those including pulps […]
High temperature certification of ovenable films
New printed ovenable films from TCL Packaging are the first in the UK to have been successfully tested to 220°C, 450°F Gas 7 with Smithers Pira. Managing director Mike Golding explains, “We decided to extend the test boundaries after we became concerned that not all printed ovenable films on the market are verified. It’s vital […]