Treif Falcon Hybrid continuous slicing/portioning machine
13 May, 2014The Treif Falcon Hybrid is a continuous slicing/portioning machine for boneless or bone-in meat products. This high-production machine is suited to mid- to large-scale food processing facilities where it can be used for slicing portions of a prescribed weight as well as slices to a certain thickness without any kind of weight specification.
Heat and Control Twin Drum Spiral Oven
16 April, 2014The Twin Drum Spiral Oven from Heat and Control is a twin spiral cooking system that gives food processors independent control over each drum's cooking environment.
Marel MS 2730 Filleting Machine
10 April, 2014The MS 2730 Filleting Machine from Marel can process up to 25 fish/min and offers an increased yield, which is achieved by an extra cut made from anal vent to tail.
Heat and Control Micro Breader Breading Applicator
04 April, 2014Heat and Control has reduced the length of its breading applicator. Sixty centimetres shorter than standard models, the Micro Breader Breading Applicator is suitable for use with a range of products including flour and crumb coatings.
Gut washer improves tallow quality
03 April, 2014Thomas Foods International's Murray Bridge facility in South Australia has the capacity to process 5000 head of cattle and 52,500 head of lamb and mutton each week. The company recently installed a gut washer from CST Wastewater Solutions.
Europe looks at meat transportation, storage and the cold chain
31 March, 2014A variety of carcass chilling regimes, combining maximum surface temperature and maximum transportation times can achieve bacterial growth results equivalent to or lower than the current requirements.
pitt&sherry to design $10m Strahan Aquaculture Hub
28 March, 2014pitt&sherry has been chosen to work on the $10 million Strahan Aquaculture Hub development on Tasmania's west coast. The engineering consultancy has secured key planning approvals and will undertake detailed design for the TSGA development.
Marel ProCon Flowline fish-processing flowline
11 March, 2014Marel has introduced ProCon Flowline fish-processing flowline. The system uses RFID technology to track all product on the line and monitor performance.
Milmeq V16 Plate Freezer system
07 March, 2014The Milmeq V16 Plate Freezer is a system suitable for snap-freezing seafood product. Product is loaded into the freezer cavities by an operator and rapidly frozen through a contact freezing method.
Marel FleXicut water-jet trimming robot for whitefish processing
04 March, 2014The Marel FleXicut is a trimming robot for high-precision bone detection and removal in whitefish processing. According to the company, automating the boning process reduces the need for skilled labour and improves product handling and yields.
GEA and SOCACEL align to develop ham massager
21 February, 2014GEA Food Solutions and SOCACEL have joined forces to develop a new vacuum ham massager. The two companies say the alliance's synergy will result in a massager that sets high standards for performance, reliability and quality.
Economical vacuum supply in meat-processing plants
06 February, 2014An integrated packaging concept that guarantees finished products are packaged hygienically and efficiently is an important component in modern meat and sausage production. Innovative meat-processing plants continuously work to optimise production processes and integrate packaging lines into the overall process.
Filleting robot for white fish
31 January, 2014Nordic Innovation has facilitated the development of a white fish filleting machine that locates the fish bones using X-ray technology and uses a water jet to quickly and precisely fillet the fish.
Managing poultry contamination with software modelling tools
30 January, 2014Leading Australian poultry company Baiada Poultry plans to integrate a customised version of Battelle's software modelling program PRIA to help manage the risk of Salmonella and Campylobacter outbreaks.
Canada counts the cost of E. coli
09 December, 2013Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) costs Canada $403.9 million each year, a study to be published in the Journal of Food Protection shows. More than 93% of VTEC infections in Canada are caused by the E. coli O157 strain.
