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TECH FLASH

New bottling plant fills 36,000 bottles per hour

January 27, 2012
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Modern drive systems with integrated motors, gears, inverters and communications make distributed motion a must-have for bottling plants.
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How safe is apple juice?

January 27, 2012
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Arsenic levels in imported apple juice have caused some concern.
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Grocery wholesaler found rugged computer easy to use

November 16, 2011
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Krasdale Foods uses the handheld, wireless computer to take orders from its retailers.

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Pork pie producer picks toughened thermometer

November 16, 2011
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This IP67-rated thermometer survives harsh cleaning and withstands rough handling.

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Cooling tower enjoys second life at Hawaiian rum processor

November 16, 2011
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Engineered plastic cooling tower stands up to New Hampshire winters before it is relocated to Maui’s North Shore to face the harsh wind, salt air and UV rays.

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Cantaloupe contamination attributed to packing facility-not fields

November 16, 2011
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FDA’s recent testing mostly ruled out gross contamination in the farm fields as the problem

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Reusable shopping bags: proceed with caution

November 16, 2011
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While convenient and certainly green in terms of bag disposal, the reusable grocery bag can prove very dangerous if not cleaned properly after use.

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FDA should assure consumers BPA is no longer used in baby bottles

November 16, 2011
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Even though manufacturers are no longer using BPA to make baby bottles, consumers are still not sure this is true.

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Practical test for E. coli serogroups

November 16, 2011
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This test can find non-O157 STEC serogroups-O26, O45, O103, O111, O121 and O145.

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Sustainable Plant of the Year

Sustainable Plant of the Year: Frito-Lay Casa Grande Plant Attains Near Net Zero

November 1, 2011
By Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor
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Efficiency was built into Frito-Lay’s Casa Grande plant a quarter-century ago, but the snack maker takes the facility’s energy- and water-conservation systems to a new level with near net zero.
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