Articles
How to reduce sugar plant carbon emissions
In order to improve efficiency in sugar plants, managers must first understand what is causing their plant to consume so much power. [ + ]
Consumers will pay more for unhealthy foods
Not only will consumers pay more for unhealthy foods, they'll also pay disproportionately more for larger portion sizes. [ + ]
Packing poultry
Innovative packaging solutions will foster 24% growth in the poultry industry in the next decade. [ + ]
Celebrating the best, the most innovative, the most creative…
This year, winners of PIDA Awards will have a lot to live up to — judging by last year's winners. [ + ]
Australia's leading packaging conference
With 24 international speakers from 19 countries and 56 speakers spanning two days, the 2018 AIP National Conference is the place to be on 2 and 3 May. [ + ]
Predicting the future of maintenance
Budgeting for maintenance and ensuring optimum efficiency for all processes. [ + ]
More accurate food allergen screening method
An improved LC-LC/MS method for food allergen screening is nearing industrial use after FOAM Classification by the AOAC. [ + ]
Adding functionals and naturals to your formulations
Encapsulating flavours, colours and functional ingredients in free-flowing powders can let food manufacturers add zing to their products. [ + ]
Brumotactillophobia and packaging innovation
Fussy consumers who do not like foods to touch on the plate are driving innovation in food packaging. [ + ]
Using augmented reality to improve meat grading
An American study of meat grading found that 50% of meat samples were mis-graded in some way. [ + ]
Effluent monitoring
How pH and BODeq monitoring can pay off for your facility. [ + ]
Listeriosis — Australia v South Africa experiences
Where would you rather be living, Australia or South Africa? If it comes to food safety the answer is pretty easy. [ + ]
What is vision inspection? And what problems can it address?
Vision inspection can be an important QA/QC tool on production lines. This quick Q&A outlines how it can help you. [ + ]
Robo-picker can think for itself
Smarter than traditional 'pick and place' robots, a newly developed robo-picker prototype can decide how to pick items up, what they are and where to put them. [ + ]
Phages to fight food poisoning
It is possible that bacteriophages, bacteria-killing viruses, could be used to hunt down and kill bacteria that cause food poisoning and for food processors to routinely use phages for decontamination. [ + ]
