Inside food & drink manufacturing
As Britain’s road network becomes ever more congested and delivery windows become smaller, more retailers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) are resorting to the use of modern systems technology to ensure their deliveries to regional distribution...
The Association of Labour Providers (ALP) has appointed Kevin Roberts as its new non-executive Chair.
A simple “eat less meat” message won’t wash with consumers or producers, so sustainability campaigners need to convince people to eat “better meat” as well, in order to improve the environment and public health.
The Department of Health (DH) has urged food companies to back new voluntary targets for salt reduction, which are intended to cut consumption by 25%.
The European Commission (EC) will come under increasing pressure to permit the use of lactic acid washes as a decontaminant for chicken, following authorisation of its use on beef carcasses last month.
The prospects for food and drink factory automation could be much brighter, following Siemens Industry's extension of its Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal engineering framework. A number of new functions add power and efficiency to the existing...