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Genecis Bioindustries Launches Mad Tea Brand with Compostable Pods

Mad Tea pods are fully compatible with Nespresso machines, allowing consumers to brew teas in under 30 seconds.




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Once Upon a Farm Continues Rise with Automated Packaging System

The company employs more than 100 full-time people and relies on several co-packers throughout the U.S. to service its national retail partners and consumer base.




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Food quality, employee safety reign supreme at Seaboard Triumph Foods

There is not a single aspect of the Seaboard Triumph Foods pork processing facility in Sioux City, Iowa, that does not pay attention to detail.




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FOOD ENGINEERING Announces Opening of 2024 Plant of the Year/Sustainable Plant of the Year Submissions

Plant of the Year entrants are automatically entered into the Sustainable Plant of the Year competition. All entries are due by December 29, 2023.




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PepsiCo Beverages North America Opens New Warehouse And Distribution Center

PBNA tripled its local warehouse footprint with the relocation of its former downtown Nashville distribution warehouse facility.




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AI-Based Inspection System Brings for Potato Processors

The system includes cameras, AI software, a conveyor and automatic ejection mechanisms with dual drops (one for foreign material, one for culls) to ensure only ideal potatoes reach later process stages.




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Global Drain Technologies Debuts Circular Catch Basin for 10,000 Series FoodSafe Slot Drain

Designed for the food and beverage industries, this addition to GDT's FoodSafe product line offers enhanced cleaning efficiency and water flow, catering to the stringent hygiene requirements of food production facilities.




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Control Station Introduces System Health Monitoring Service

Control Station has launched System Health Monitoring (SHM), a tiered service offering that leverages intelligence captured by the company’s PlantESP Loop Performance Monitoring solution.




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Laminator Offers Smaller Footprint, Flexibility, Easier Sanitation and Maintenance

With precise, automatic and synchronized control of dough sheet length, conveyor speed and number of laminations, the operator has an efficient and effective process, resulting in consistent, high-quality product.




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Modular Spiral Belts Tailored for Various Applications

This program includes a range of modular spiral belts tailored for various applications, including cooling, chilling, freezing, proofing and steaming. 




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ABB Updates Freelance Distributed Control System

Freelance 2024 facilitates enhanced connectivity, faster data transfer, more precise control and monitoring of data together with an improved network performance.




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Clextral Highlights Vegetable Protein Texturization Technology

Clextral’s new technology combines the principle of a shear-cell fibration process and the continuous extrusion process.




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Rite-Hite Introduces GuardRite Dok-Gate

This powered, two polymer-rail, vertical-rising gate is OSHA-compliant, meeting all standards for fall protection and walking-working surfaces.




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Fristam Introduces FDS Nano Twin Screw Pump

Its axial movement facilitates precise dosing and metering, ensuring that delicate products are processed at optimal quality levels with minimal waste.




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Carry on is 5cm over stated limits- should I be worried?

I’m due to travel from AMS-DOH-SGN on QR this Sunday and have just noticed my Osprey Farpoint 40 is 5cm over the maximum length. All other dimensions are fine and I’ve weighed my bag and it’s within the 7kg weight limit. Will QR measure the bag...




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Experiences with XL (130L) rolling duffels-oversized fees or ok within weight?

I'm going to start a nomadic life soon. I'll need to carry a lot of stuff with me unless I decide to get a storage unit and pick a home base city. I'm hoping to get down to 2x100L bags or preferably a single 130-160L bag that I don't need to...




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Carl Fredrik The Carry-on

Has anyone bought Carl Fredrik luggage? I've always been a Rimowa customer but there is no support in Norway anymore, the prices have gone balistic and the quality of the product I was looking at in Hamburg in September didn't look as good as what I...




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Plenty appoints agritech veteran Arama Kukutai to chief executive officer

Kukutai has been an investor in Plenty and a part of Plenty’s Board of Directors since September 2016. Prior to his work with Plenty and Finistere, Kukutai served as executive chairman of PKW Farms, a successfully diversified investment entity involved in dairy farming and aquaculture activities in New Zealand, Asia and Australia.




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Increasing use in intelligent packing of fruits and vegetables to drive PBAT market

The global PBAT (polybutylene adipate terephthalate) market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.7% during the forecast period 2021 to 2031 with an end value of $2 billion, according to a report by Transparent Market Research. Fruit and vegetable intelligent packaging using PBAT-based biodegradable mulch films is used to reduce food waste. The films provide increased oxygen and water vapor transfer rates in fruit and vegetable bags.




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Bavarian brewery testing a method to upcycle protein from spent brewers’ grains

Spent brewers’ grains not only provide a source of energy for a brewery, but can also provide a salable, high-value protein.




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Processors face higher commodity prices, but climate-smart technologies may help tame cost increases

The USDA says 2022 will be a great year for agriculture, and climate-smart farming practices can help.




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How to use automated material transfer effectively

We wanted to learn more about automating material transfer and what food processors need to know to use it most effectively. Here, we sit down with Forrester to find out how food processors can assess their material transfer system and determine if automation is right for them.




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Visual inspection system helps ensure brand quality for distillery that makes spirits from milk

Canada-based Dairy Distillery, a spirits producer that combines artisanal distilling techniques with a scientific process to transform milk into vodka, is using Pleora Technologies’ visual inspection system to help maintain brand quality standards and reduce errors that increase operating costs and slow production. 




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Oatly transitions North American production facilities to 100% renewable electricity for 2021

Oatly Group AB announced that for 2021 its two North American production facilities, located in Millville, N.J., and Ogden, Utah, sourced 100% renewable electricity for the first time.




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Khaled Awad Elected President of American Concrete Institute

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) elected its 2017-2018 president, vice president, and four new board members.




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New ANSI Gauged Porcelain/Thin Tile Standards Debuted at Coverings

Two new ANSI gauged porcelain/thin tile standards were announced at Coverings 2017.




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Donato Pompo Named Coverings Advocate Leader

Donato Pompo earned the top prize for Coverings Advocate Leader at Coverings 2017.




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Americo Full Cycle Floor Pads Achieves New Green Seal Certification

Green Seal recently announced that its first products certified are floor-care pads from Americo Manufacturing.




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InstaFloor North America Relaunches Website

InstaFloor North America has relaunched its website, with improved styling, clearer layout, and enhanced content.




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CFI's New Flexible Coating Bridges Cracks, Seals Floors

The two-part system designed to bridge small cracks in concrete slabs.




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Mohawk Adds Stair Tread Program to Performance Accessories Products

In 2022, Mohawk's Performance Accessories further expands its portfolio by launching a stair tread program to help retailers reach previously untapped markets and emphasizing its waterproof accessories.




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Bona Launches New R540 Moisture Barrier/Primer

Bona R540 is a polyurethane reactive primer that is compatible with the entire Bona Adhesive System.




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Johnson Controls Debuts Modular Electric Control Solution for Commercial Refrigeration and HVAC Systems

The System 550 includes A2L refrigerant leak sensing and mitigation functionality and optional two-way cloud connectivity.




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Marion Process Solutions Debuts Chopper for Fast and Efficient Mixing

Marion’s new chopper is designed to deliver increased throughput, easier maintenance and enhanced safety for processors across multiple industries.




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Minerva Foods Acquires Slaughtering and Deboning Plants from Marfig

Minerva Foods will have the capacity to slaughter 22,336 head a day in 21 plants in the Brazilian market.




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Hershey Acquires Sour Strips Brand

Founded in 2019 by social media personality Maxx Chewning, Sour Strips combine shockingly sour flavors with innovative branding.




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Why the IP69K Rating is Essential For Bearings in the Food And Beverage Industry

The incredibly demanding operating application and washdown conditions, along with food safety concerns and regulations, have driven a shift toward IP69K-rated products.




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Eriez Expands Salient Pole Rare Earth Drum Line to Food Processing Applications

Building on the product’s success in the mineral processing and recycling industries, Salient Pole Rare Earth drums are now optimized to meet the stringent requirements of food processing, ensuring the purity and safety of food products.




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How Moisture Measurement Improves Manufacturing Quality

While laboratory and other manual methods have been used for years, new automated moisture measurement and control systems can play an important role in improving product quality monitoring, increasing plant efficiency, and lowering energy costs.




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CDC: Listeria Outbreak Connected to Meat Sliced at Delis

The agency says people sickened by listeria have recently recounted eating meat that was sliced at deli counters, including ham, turkey and liverwurst.




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Industrial Physics Acquires Torus Group

This move supports Industrial Physics’ growth strategy as laid out by Chief Executive Officer Barry Lyon, upon his appointment in July 2023.




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3 Reasons to Optimize Food Production with Real-Time Video Monitoring

When you think about video monitoring, the first thing that comes to mind is security. While that is a big perk indeed, there are much bigger benefits to implementing the right video monitoring system.




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Climate Change Increases Foodborne Illness Risk From Raw Produce

High humidity exposure and the water-soaking symptom caused by X. vitians also enhance the ability of salmonella to rapidly grow in lettuce, and climate change is predicted to increase humid periods.




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How Inspection Technologies Can Support Manufacturing of ‘Human-Grade’ Pet Food

With more canine and feline mouths to feed than ever before, robust pet food safety and detail-oriented inspection has never been more paramount.




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Boar’s Head Names Frank Yiannas as Interim Chief Food Safety Advisor

Yiannas’ appointment comes after the company announced it would permanently discontinue its liverwurst product and indefinitely close its Jarratt, Va., plant due to a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak.




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BrucePac Recalls 11.8 million Pounds of RTE Meat and Poultry Over Listeria Contamination

These meat and poultry products were shipped to other establishments and distributors nationwide, then distributed to restaurants, schools and institutions.




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A trip to Alaska

A trip to Alaska Image: My trip last year was all about going west, way west, as far as Hawai’i. This year I set about pushing north, in Alaska. Inspiration for the trip came essentially from a TV show on the Discovery Channel, and from the...




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Seven Weeks in South America and Antartica

This trip started when I found a good deal on a fly cruise to Antartica. A cabin on a reasonably nice ship with a balcony with no single supplement. And from there, like Topsy, ti grew and grew. An Argentina trip had been canceled because of the...




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October '24 Trip Marathon via Cars, Flix & Greyhound Buses, WN, Transit, and More

Hello everyone! I was blessed last month to take a multitude of trips from SoCal to various places in the car and on various carriers including Southwest Airlines (WN), FlixBus, Public Transit, and the good old Greyhound. Here is the first part of a...




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More speedy shenanigans, a long weekend to Riga

This week sees me heading to Latvia for a flying visit to Riga. Never been to Latvia and have been looking forward to this trip for a while. Unfortunately I’ve been a little poorly this week so my energy levels are low and so ‘speedy’ may quickly...