Tag: processing
Europe: Tetra Pak release CIP guide online
Tetra Pak has published a practical guide to cleaning in place (CIP).
CIP covers the range of mechanical and chemical processes used by food and...
Americas: Post to acquire RTE, cereal company MOM Brands
Consumer packaged goods holding company, Post Holdings, plans to acquire privately-owned MOM Brands Company.
MOM Brands has more than 95 years of experience in providing...
Americas: Kalsec validates kill step of Salmonella in extraction process
A 2013 report by the Food and Drug Administration found nearly 7% of spice imports examined by federal inspectors were contaminated with Salmonella.
The American...
Europe: BASF invests €56M to expand PVP production
BASF plans to invest up to €56 million (US$73.7 million) in the expansion of its Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) value chain over the next four years.
PVP...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra reduces milk volume forecast, online offerings
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has reduced its milk volume forecast for the 2014-15 season to 1,532 million kgMS, reflecting the impact of dry weather...
Europe: Dairy plant installs two Kliklok shrink-wrapping machines
Kliklok has won a contract to supply and install two QSSF600 shrink-wrapping machines at Gloucestershire-based Cotteswold Dairy site in Tewkesbury, UK.
The dairy plant had...
Europe: GEA to provide turnkey system to Polish potato starch company
GEA Barr-Rosin is to supply Pepees in Poland with a turnkey potato starch drying system to meet the anticipated increase in production following the...
Asia Pacific: Detect meat fraud using enhanced analytical methods, says AB...
Food fraud is gaining interest as an emerging risk given the increasingly global and complex nature of food supply chains.
It is not uncommon to...
Europe: XL Group launches insurance solution for product contamination coverage
XL Group has launched its integrated insurance solution developed specifically for the food and beverage (F&B) industry.
Designed to respond to multiple risk exposures, the...
World: GCC countries rely on food imports, finds report
Marginal farming activities owing to limited water resources and climatic conditions, make Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries primarily dependent on food imports.
According to...