I’m not usually a great fan of ‘gala dinners’; like most journalists I find them about as interesting and productive as an evening with Gordon Brown. Credit where it’s due though, the recent ‘bash’ at the Dorchester Hotel in London given by the South African fruit industry was both informative and fun – even if absolutely no one in the room had ever heard of the two ‘celebrities’ present!
New facility in Spain will process up to 400,000 tonnes of local citrus from 57 suppliers to produce up to 100 million litres of juice
Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, and Zumos Valencianos del Mediterraneo S.A. (Zuvamesa), a consortium of 57 fresh citrus producers, announce the start of production at one of the biggest and most modern not-from-concentrate (NFC) juice plants in Europe.
Revolutionary treatment launched to combat insects in food manufacturing industry
Wednesday 3rd March, 2010: Following three years of research and extensive testing, Rentokil can announce a new chemical-free pest control process called ‘Entotherm’ http://www.rentokil.co.uk/technical-support/our-products-and-services/insect-control/entotherm/index.html which can eliminate insect pests that affect the food manufacturing industry through the application of dry transferrable heat. The treatment is quick and efficient to apply, and reaches all areas of infestation. Developed with its partner The Revival Group, the heat treatment will revolutionise the way that Rentokil treats all insects in food processing and manufacturing facilities.
Rentokil and Initial Foodguard join forces to eliminate pests from factory premises
12th January 2010: Rentokil and Initial Foodguard today announce a new joint service, the Unique Business Protection System, for the food manufacturing industry. The new service combines expert pest control by Rentokil and specialist food factory cleaning by Initial Foodguard to help prevent insect and rodent infestations across all stages of food manufacture, ensuring audit success and providing cost efficiency.
Redpack’s latest unique HTS Flow wrapping system was designed for one of Britain’s major producers of Salad Products to automate twin packaging of Celery Hearts. The aim of the new design was to reduce the number of production operatives, speed up the grading and wrapping process, reduce the time from harvesting to packing and reducing product handling.