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Wire Mesh Belt Conveyor
February 14, 2011 5:43 am | Product Releases | CommentsModel 731 stainless steel wire mesh belt conveyor utilizes a 45" wide, stainless steel wire mesh belt that is interwoven around stainless steel rods for support. This unit features 300 series stainless steel construction and a cooling tank located below the bed for maintaining belt temperature.
Process Safety And Food Manufacturing Course Announced
February 14, 2011 4:01 am | News | Comments(Chilworth)-- The manufacture of food products such as flour, sugar, bread, biscuits, confectionary and milk powder involves the storage, handling and processing of powders, liquids and gases. Many of the powders handled are combustible and some liquids and gases are flammable including: - Sugar, flour starch, savory flavorings and vitamin powders - Low flashpoint liquid flavorings - Natural gas for fueling ovens - Ammonia for refrigeration - Hydrogen for hydrogenation of oils and fats For this reason, manufacturers of food products need to comply with legislation such as ATEX and DSEAR.
Saving The Earth, One Beer At A Time
February 14, 2011 3:53 am | News | CommentsSOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Before he started "saving the earth, one beer at a time," all inventor Eric Fitch knew about home brewing was that it could make quite a mess. Once, he accidentally backed up the plumbing in his apartment building by dumping into his garbage disposal the spent grain left over from his India Pale Ale home brew.
The Forecast Is 'Cloudy' For Manufacturers
February 14, 2011 3:51 am | by Craig Hodges, general manager, U.S. Manufacturing and Resources Group, Microsoft | Articles | Commentshile new processes, materials, and software tools are helping manufacturers rebound from the economic downturn, few technologies hold more promise for supporting a prosperous manufacturing future than the emergence of cloud computing. While perhaps vague in its meaning to some, most Americans actually have been relying on the cloud for many years.
Energy Drinks Linked To Health Problems In Children
February 14, 2011 3:49 am | News | CommentsCHICAGO (AP) — Energy drinks are under-studied, overused and can be dangerous for children and teens, warns a report by doctors who say kids shouldn't use the popular products. The potential harms, caused mostly by too much caffeine or similar ingredients, include heart palpitations, seizures, strokes and even sudden death, the authors write in the medical journal Pediatrics.
Writing A Press Release For Success
February 14, 2011 3:49 am | by Steve Staedler, LePoidevin Marketing | Articles | CommentsAfter months of planning and preparation, it’s time to launch your new product. A critical element of any product launch is designing a marketing campaign to communicate its features and benefits to your target audiences and key influencers. One tactic that must be part of a marketing campaign launch is a press release.
Meatpacking Reforms Face Tough Opposition
February 14, 2011 3:44 am | News | CommentsST. LOUIS (AP) — The Obama administration's effort to overhaul antitrust rules for the meatpacking industry with the toughest regulations since the Packers and Stockyards Act was passed 90 years ago has run into strong opposition from Republicans. The reforms, which would redraw the balance of power between meat companies and the farmers and ranchers who raise animals for them, have been one of the administration's signature efforts in addressing the growing concentration of corporate power in agriculture.
Production Of Valentine's Day Cocoa Not So Sweet
February 14, 2011 3:40 am | News | CommentsJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Activists say some of the cocoa in your Valentine's Day chocolate probably came from a West African country where the president is clinging to office. And they note that hundreds of thousands of young children also had a role in producing it. Activists are harnessing Ivory Coast's political crisis to add momentum to their campaign to force the world's chocolate makers to improve their labor practices.
$29 Cheez Whiz
February 11, 2011 11:20 am | by Lindsey Coblentz, Associate Editor, Food Manufacturing | Blogs | CommentsAccording to CBC News, communities in the High Arctic region of Canada are suffering from drasticly increased food prices, including $29 Cheez Whiz, $40 infant formula and $77 breaded chicken. This is all thanks to a new food subsidy …
Muffin & Cake Depositors
February 11, 2011 10:02 am | Product Releases | CommentsHigh-speed, multi-piston Muffin & Cake Depositors are designed to work over conveyors in production bakeries. The products are available in many configurations, including vertical designs to take up less space on the line. The units provide accurate depositing of muffin, cake and snack batters with or without particulates and can be used for gluten free products.
Liquid Filling Machine
February 11, 2011 9:53 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Servo/Fill® Liquid Filling Machine features accurate, drip-free filling, no-tool cleanup and the ability to fill a variety of fill sizes and product viscosities. The product can be manually operated by footswitch or as a semi-automatic filler. The modular package will automate up to 4 benchtop machines.
Hydraulic Lift & Tilt System
February 11, 2011 9:49 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe Hydraulic Lift & Tilt System allows for loading and assembling components to an extruded aluminum frame before sliding to another assembly cell, using the conveyor, onto another table for further assembly. The system, powered by 220 V, offers up to 90 degrees of tilt angle with 100 in. of conveyor to accommodate the assembly process which begins in a full vertical angle.
Workers End Strike At Venezuelan Coca-Cola Plant
February 11, 2011 4:00 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | News | CommentsCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Workers at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Venezuela have ended a strike that lasted nearly a month and drastically cut back production of soft drinks in the country, the company said Thursday. Coca-Cola Femsa de Venezuela SA said it signed a new contract Wednesday night with workers at its plant in the northern-central city of Valencia.
Tyson To Pay $5.2M To Settle Mexican Payoff Claims
February 11, 2011 3:58 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | News | CommentsNEW YORK (AP) — Meat producer Tyson Foods Inc. is paying $5.2 million to settle with the U.S. government over claims that its Mexican poultry subsidiary made payoffs to get products certified for export. Tyson says it voluntarily reported that improper payments of more than $100,000 were made by Tyson de Mexico to two Mexican government veterinarians who certified chicken products for export in 2007.
Kraft Plans More Price Hikes
February 11, 2011 3:55 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | News | CommentsPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Kraft Foods Inc., like many of its peers, is feeling some pricing pressure. The company reported Thursday that price increases it made to cope with higher ingredient costs are not going to be enough to sustain its profitability and it plans further hikes this year.
Hershey Official: Charity Is Rife With Corruption
February 11, 2011 3:53 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | News | CommentsHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former official involved with the multibillion-dollar charitable trust that controls the Hershey candy company is claiming in a court filing that board members used the trust's considerable assets to pad their bank accounts and treat themselves to luxury hotel stays, limousine rides and free golf.
New Food Safety Law Protects Whistleblowers
February 11, 2011 3:48 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | News | CommentsMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Food industry workers who become whistleblowers gained protection against retaliation from their employers with a little-noticed provision in the sweeping food safety law President Barack Obama signed last month. The Food Safety and Modernization Act is best known for sections that aim to prevent foodborne illnesses, allow the Food and Drug Administration to order recalls and make it easier to trace contaminated food to its source.
Photo Of The Day: On Fire For Chilies
February 11, 2011 3:34 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | News | Comments(AP) — A customer holds a bunch of chilies at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. In spice-crazed Indonesia, a meal without fresh chilies is almost unthinkable. But prices have soared as much as 10-fold in recent months, some say because of climate change, driving up inflation and pulling everyone from housewives to the president into the debate.
Photo Of The Day: Freedom To Speak Up
February 11, 2011 3:25 am | by Follow Food Manufacturing On Twitter | News | Comments(AP) —This Feb. 3, 2009, file photo shows the Peanut Corporation of America processing plant in Plainview, Texas. Kenneth Kendrick, who had been assistant manager at the plant, spoke out about unsanitary conditions there after a salmonella outbreak that killed nine and sickened hundreds.
