Benzene in non-alcoholic beverages
15 June, 2006
Overseas agencies have recently reported the presence of benzene in some non-alcoholic beverages.
Humidity or humidity/temperature transmitter
13 June, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.dwyer-inst.com.au
Dwyer Instruments, Pty Ltd the source for your complete range of practical and affordable instrumentation, is announcing the release of its new Series RH transmitter.
Dosing and batch formulation system
13 June, 2006 | Supplied by: Matcon Ltd
Matcon, the market-leading provider of Cone Valve IBC systems, has introduced "Flexi-Batch", the high accuracy dosing and batch formulation system to it's product range.
Beverage bottling on high
12 June, 2006 | Supplied by: Krones (Thailand) Co Ltd
At 5100 m above sea level, a spring wells up from a glacier in the Himalayas, which is bottled by the Tibet Glacier Mineral Water Co
Automating salad layers
12 June, 2006 | Supplied by: Select Packaging Systems Pty Ltd
A prominent British food company supplies a very big supermarket chain in the UK with fresh and convenient salads
“Country of origin” on seafood labels
08 June, 2006
From today (8 June) there will be “country of origin†labels on the seafood displays.
Tests to spot ‘organic’ labelling fraud
19 May, 2006
New tests, developed for the Food Standards Agency by the UK’s Government Central Science Laboratory, were completed last year and have been checked using samples of pork and chicken bought.
New wheats will make an impact
17 May, 2006
About 1800 experimental wheat lines will be available in Australia in the next 18 months and will have a major impact on Queensland’s wheat industry.
Australian milk could improve Chinese standard of living
12 May, 2006
Victoria's expertise in agriculture, dairy, animal husbandry, manufacturing, clean coal technology, services and biotechnology could lead to China becoming the state's top trading partner within the next few years, the Consul-General of the People's Republic of China in Melbourne, Mr Liang Shugen, will told a symposium on Friday 12 May.
Parallel processing
06 May, 2006 | Supplied by: Matcon Ltd
Monexco International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Monde Nissin, the Philippines market leader for the supply of biscuits, noodles and snack foods, has recently awarded Matcon a substantial contract for the supply of a new seasonings plant
Lamb the future fish
03 May, 2006
Scientists are confident that lamb could soon become as important a source of Omega-3 fatty acids as oily fish.
MAP gas analysis
14 April, 2006 | Supplied by: Niche Gas Products
Witt has introduced a low cost version of the Oxybaby V handheld gas measuring system for modified atmosphere food packaging (MAP) analysis.
Water distillation
14 April, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.aquadyne.com.au/
Aqua Dyne Australia has obtained a US patent for its JetWater pressure distillation technology which can be used to recover high purity distilled water from a range of 'wastewater' sources.
Beyond 5S - improving safety with 6S systems
06 April, 2006 by Bob Carter | Supplied by: Improvement Tools (Qld) Pty Ltd
5S is a system that originated in Japan that is now a common tool for improving workplace productivity, quality, throughput and safety. Many companies implementing Lean Manufacturing start with a series of 5S events
Australian wine quality causes Europe to take note
30 March, 2006
An increase in the quality of wine being produced in Australia is forcing European wine makers to take notice.
