Restructuring of the five agricultural levy boards has been put back to April 2008 to enable sufficient time for the single board, which will replace...
Food and drink employers need to focus on staff retention and motivation techniques, not recruitment, if the industry is to tackle falling employment levels. Rebecca Green reports
Pack-Vac leak detection kit maker Witt Gas Techniques has adapted its low-cost 'bubble' system to handle vacuum packaged food products for the first...
Liquid processing specialist Alfa Laval is stirring up the beverage market with a new range of Clara 200 centrifugal separators.Designed principally...
Having successfully hammered away at the purée market, Hosokawa Micron is now aiming its Rietz RA angle disintegrator at baby food manufacturers.The...
With the responsibility for fire safety shifting to the employer, it is now more important than ever for manufacturers to ensure their systems are as...
Anyone building a new development in the food manufacturing industry needs to think very carefully about fire protection, but when dealing with oils...
The most radical reform of fire law to date puts the onus for fire safety onto employers. But while it might seem like a chore, it could save them money in the long run. Rebecca Green reports
A heavy-duty pallet handling system, which provides buffer storage between production and cold store, has been installed by European Conveyor Systems...
Moving through every part of the factory, from raw material intake to final product packaging, today's conveyors have to meet the same standards of hygiene as other parts of the process. Mike Spear describes what's new
Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels may be divided by language and tastes, but they offer very loyal customers for UK suppliers prepared to make the effort. Sue Scott reports
The Food Manufacture Excellence Awards, now in their sixth year, recognise the very best in the UK's food and drink sector. An independent panel of judges, including experts in continuous improvement and customers from retail and foodservice, will...
With volumes going through the roof and a new warehouse and data capture system to bed in, Jordans' operations director (designate) Kevin Smithson has his work cut out
As you measure the real costs to serve your customers and can see the true trading margins created, you will be faced with some interesting dilemmas....
With the announcement of the 2006 Starpack winners looming - among them a category recognising efforts to reduce household waste - several finalists...
As this is my last column for Food Manufacture before I move on to pastures new, I thought it would be a good opportunity to look back over the last...
The government is to fund two research projects to improve the energy efficiency of food refrigeration and distribution as new research by the Carbon...
If you want your children to enjoy a wide variety of healthy foods, you might be able to set the perfect example before they are even born, according...
The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) has accused the Salmon Farm Protest Group (SFPG) of scaremongering after it claimed 500 jobs could...
