How to meet today’s need for better traceability
Full traceability is no longer just a requirement to meet food safety standards. Consumers now demand more information about a food’s origin to drive their purchase choices.
Food safety and labelling
Your Guide to Digital Specification Management
Increasing complex supply chains require the right tools in place, to avoid recalls—voluntary or otherwise—and protect brand trust among consumers.
Leverage high-performing inspection systems
Processors seeking to enhance operating efficiencies while compensating for reductions in available labor are leveraging technology for functions ranging from washing, cutting, mixing to packaging final products. The greater use of technology increases...
Practical Ways to Maximise Water Value in your Process - Examples from the Global Food and Beverage Processing Industry
Recognising water’s true value is key to protecting your product quality, and safety. Scarcity, climate change and sustainability make reduction, recycling and reuse essential. We discuss how to improve and balance water quality.
Safeguard confidence in the beverage supply chain
Earlier this year, leading food safety certification and assurance provider, Lloyd's Register, commissioned a survey of 100 senior executives in the beverage industry. The results were concerning, with 97% of respondents reporting that they had been...
Hidden Costs that Impact Overall Production Costs
The hidden costs of production are not always obvious in business metrics. However, they are cumulative, both financially and productivity-wise, so it's important for food and bakery plant owners to regularly comb through their processes, whether they're...
Industry 4.0 speaks OPC UA
OPC UA (Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture) is an industrial machine-to-machine (M2M) transfer protocol, certified according to the IEC 62541 standard. At present, it is the most promising standard for implementing Industry 4.0...
RSSL: Vegan Food and Drink Manufacturing Considerations
With more people than ever before choosing to remove or limit their intake of animal-derived products, manufacturers are keen to develop suitable vegan and vegetarian alternatives to satisfy growing market demand. But what does a vegan claim actually...
Natasha’s Law: Critical Information for Food Manufacturers
As food businesses across the UK prepare for Natasha’s Law in October 2021, a key concern is around supply of ingredients. Several pitfalls could lead to their business being in breach.
How to improve your food supply chain
For the food industry, disruptions, such as political events, health-related incidents and supply shortages, can wreak havoc. And with customer expectations, satisfaction and loyalty on the line, it’s vital you know how to mitigate the impact.
Software revolutionising Food & Drink industry challenges
Behaviours in Food & Beverage are ever-changing. Such trends challenge manufacturers with the need to adapt in order to meet the optimum supply, demand, forecasting and profitable business decisions. Download our report to gain insight into
Modern ERP system enables food waste reduction
We’re all becoming increasingly aware and mindful of wastage in our personal lives. Food waste is already a significant concern for the food and beverage sector. The UK wastes over 10 million tonnes of food every year, with nearly two million being from...
Four Essential Things To Know About Food and Beverage Traceability
Traceability is fast becoming an essential part of everyday business within the food and beverage sector. We believe that making traceability a business priority will naturally improve utilisation and capacity, as well as generally increasing operational...
Emerging Risks: Preparedness in Food Manufacturing
This paper argues the need for organisations and value chains in the Food Manufacturing Sector to reconsider how they view risk management and resilience in the context of emerging risks. It draws...
Protect your workers effectively against chemical hazards when washing down
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Global Food Integrity Issues & Emerging Risks
Hot Source, a food integrity summary that provides you with information on the latest emerging risks and food safety challenges powered with intelligence from HorizonScan. HorizonScan intelligence...
Food Manufacture State of the Industry Survey – 2015 report
In May 2015, FoodManufacture.co.uk conducted it annual industry survey on its user base of food and drink manufacturing professionals based in the UK.The key objective of the ‘state of the...