Premier Foods’s skull-crush worker wins payout
A Premier Foods engineer has received a significant amount in compensation after he was left with life-changing injuries following a devastating accident at its Moreton cake factory.
Archives for January 5, 2015
Diluted growth prospects for Britvic
Fruit Shoot manufacturer Britvic faces a tough challenge to boost profits this year in a soft drinks market experiencing diluted growth prospects - despite the firm’s US expansion plans - according to City analyst Investec.
Late spurt for Christmas supermarket sales
Supermarket grocery sales recovered in the fortnight up to and including Boxing Day after a lacklustre performance before that, according to Information Resources International (IRI).
Portion packs with easy-open lids for water, yogurt or pastes
A packaging system for filling water beakers has been developed by Multivac, which is designed for the portion packing of drinking water, producing up to 160 beakers a minute with volumes of between 150 and 200 millilitres.
Better berries with optical sorter
A Tomra Primus-D optical belt sorter is providing accurate quality monitoring of blueberries at UK soft fruit grower S&A Produce, which has a packing operation at Marden, near Hereford.
Off-line printing of sleeve codes
Sophisticated new shapes of ready meal trays such as tubs, ‘bowl’ trays and compartmentalised trays are causing headaches for the sleeve coding operation, according to Rotech, an offline coding and marking specialist.
FSA’s campylobacter policy slammed
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) policy of naming and shaming supermarkets by ranking their fresh chicken according to its contamination with campylobacter was ill-conceived and counterproductive, Clive Black, head of research at City analyst Shore...
Nasty niffs reduced at Moy Park's Grantham factory
An odour abatement project involving the design, construction, erection and commissioning of a regenerative thermal oxidiser has been completed at Moy Park’s poultry processing facility at Grantham in Lincolnshire to ensure the company remains on good...
Advice on the use of printing inks on food and packs
Printing equipment specialist Domino has produced advice for companies in the food supply chain to clarify the regulations and guidelines that govern use of inks for food packaging as well as coding and marking.
Investment helps egg firm bag Aldi deal
First-time egg producer Ken Cottey has cracked the industry and is now selling to Aldi after a £1.5M investment.
Remote checks for online equipment
Loma Systems is claiming a 91% first-time fix rate for its equipment inspection services. It attributes this to the use of remote diagnostic tools on its metal detectors, checkweighers and X-ray units.
Asda boss warns of another tough year for supermarkets
British supermarkets face another tough year forcing some to consolidate, the boss of Asda Andy Clarke has predicted in two separate interviews.
Vacuum ensures safe spinal cord removal
Residue-free carcass cleaning is claimed during the removal of spinal cord material in abattoirs, thanks to a special extraction system developed by Northern Ireland-based equipment manufacturer Macquip.