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Featured Articles
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The Role Of LIMS In Food Safety Traceability Efforts
By Colin Thurston, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Globalization of the food supply chain is one of the main driving factors of the ever-increasing number of alarming food safety incidents. In order to ensure the finest product quality and compliance with food safety legislation, producers and importers must perform precise, real-time product safety testing at all stages of production, processing, and distribution.
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Inspecting Foil Packaging
By Smiths Detection
A major food manufacturer of prepared meal products wanted to have complete inspection in place to insure the quality of the product. The problem, however, was that this product was packaged in an aluminum tray within a chipboard carton. Being a large product, with metal packaging and varying degrees of conductivity due to the freezing process, this meant that classical metal detection was impossible.
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Feeding And Conveying In Tortilla Production
By K-Tron Process Group
There are basically two types of tortillas: wheat-based and corn-based. In the production of wheat flour tortillas, the raw ingredients are transferred to a large mixer where they are combined to create the dough. Corn tortilla production starts with a process called nixtamalization, in which the corn is soaked in an alkali solution of lime (calcium hydroxide) and hot water.
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Crest Foods Chooses Sweco To Create World-Class Facility
By SWECO
In 2002, Crest Foods Contract Packaging division had outgrown their facilities and began rethinking their contract packaging business. Crest Foods needed to not only expand, but revolutionize their business to be a quality leader in the marketplace.
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Spotlight On Filling
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White Paper: Basic Guide To Liquid Filling
When beginning your liquid filling equipment search, it is important to consider the different aspects of your product (or application) and the demands of your project. There are four characteristics that will help in determining the type of filling machine you will need: the liquid's nature or characteristics, the fill volume, the production rate, and the container description.
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Quick QC Test For Pretzel Filling
Stuffed, or filled, pretzels have become a popular snack food. A very quick and easy QC test for the "stiffness" and "flowability" of whatever filling is used can be set up using a small, low-cost texture analyzer and a back extrusion cell.
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Video: DOSOMAT Cup/Juice Filling
The Waldner DOSOMAT line of packaging machinery is used for high-speed filling and heat sealing of portion packs and unit dose packages. Cups and trays can be filled with liquids, pastes, powders, and viscous products, food pieces, and particles.
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Case Study: Bag Handling, Check Sieving, Weigh System
In this installation, materials are received in 50-pound bags and semi-bulk bags, are then security screened for foreign objects while being conveyed to a weigh hopper, where they are then automatically hatched in predetermined weights and discharged into process drums.
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Featured Downloads
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Datasheet: Mark 3 Moisture Analyzer
The Mark 3 Moisture Analyzer from Sartorius Mechatronics Corporation has been stringently designed to reduce the uncertainties commonly associated with loss-on-drying analyzers.
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Product Sheet: CM9400 Can And Bottle Checkweigher
The Hi-Speed CM9400 Canweigh™ Checkweighers are high-precision checkweighing solutions for round containers such as cans running at high production rates. The patented seam-to-seam weighing technology allows maximum throughput at normal line speeds.
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Datasheet: Eagle™ Pack 240 X-Ray Inspection System
The Smiths Detection Eagle X-ray systems are able to inspect packaged products for correct weight, metal, other foreign objects, size, and shape — simultaneously and online. Packages containing a contaminant or defect are automatically rejected from the line.
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Product Sheet: Jacketed Tanks
Sharpsville Container Corporation's cylindrical jacketed tanks are custom made to satisfy your process, mixing, and temperature-control requirements. Built from 304, 304L, 316, or 316L stainless steel, our jacketed tanks can be easily adapted to meet your dimensional requirements.
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Product Brochure: Process Systems
For more than 25 years, CSI has been empowering customers with quality process systems for the food, dairy, and beverage industries. The experienced team of professionals is committed to listening to its clients and establishing partnerships that are built on reliability and honesty.
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Datasheet: Systems — Pall® Microflow
The Microflow XL-Brine systems from Pall are specifically designed to meet the needs and requirements of brine purification in modern cheese plants. Clarification is achieved without the need for filter aids or centrifuge.
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Featured Multimedia
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Charles Ross & Son Company manufactures a wide range of sanitary high-shear mixing and dispersion equipment for fine emulsion and homogenization requirements. Many models are available, permiting a client to select the exact machine for particular process needs.
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Food Safety And Inspection Resource Center
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Food Online 2011 Editorial Calendar
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The 2011 Food Online editorial calendar for themed e-newsletters is now available. To download the 2011 calendar, click here.
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