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Managing Pet Food Ingredients

From standards to testing to certificates of analysis, the ingredients in pet food must be managed to the same standard as human food

Sharon Spielman

September 1, 2021

For many of today’s pet owners, just serving up Fido’s food in a bowl is not enough. Consumers want their pet’s mealtime to move from mediocre to meaningful.

FE August 2021 Xtreme Metal Detector. Photo courtesy Eriez

Dry Processing Technology

Meeting Product Purity Specs with Metal Detection

Berryhill Foods uses Eriez metal detectors to ensure their premium blueberries and raspberries are safe and pure

Sharon Spielman

August 1, 2021

Since the mid-1990s, Berryhill Foods in Fraser Valley, B.C., Canada—with its rich, fertile soil conditions and temperate climate—has been providing premium blueberries and raspberries to a range of customers. Although Berryhill’s customers vary, their exacting standards do not.

Food inspection machine increases foreign object detection rates up to 500%

ProSpection Solutions uses EtherCAT and PC-based control technology from Beckhoff to optimize low-density foreign material inspection system

July 8, 2021

In 2017, ProSpection Solutions began its transition from machine distributor to machine builder OEM. One of the first products its engineering team designed was the IP69K-rated low-density foreign material detection and removal system.

The state of food safety

COVID-19, FSMA have widespread effects on food safety

Richard F. Stier

July 6, 2021

2021 marked two significant anniversaries: one year of the COVID-19 pandemic and ten years of FSMA. How have they affected the food industry and food safety management systems?

New Plant Products

Cloud-based environmental monitoring

June 15, 2021

The platform digitalizes food safety and quality programs by aggregating, normalizing and centralizing data and transforming them into actionable insights.

Engineering R&D

Exploring SideDrive's unique conveyor configuration

When you think of conveyors, you think of conventional pulley-driven or drum-motor powered designs, however, this system uses small motors geared to the belt’s edge.

Wayne Labs

June 9, 2021

When you think of conveyors, you think of conventional pulley-driven or drum-motor powered designs, however, this system uses small motors geared to the belt’s edge.

Manufacturing News

COVID-19, social unrest spur facility security reviews

Processors turn focus to physical security to protect employees and food

June 1, 2021

COVID-19 has re-affirmed the need for design changes in food plants to help prevent spread. Processors are also re-evaluating their facilities’ security readiness.

Managing foreign materials

Equipment is important, but a foreign materials management program must go beyond that

Richard F. Stier

May 6, 2021

A program to manage foreign materials must go beyond the equipment.

Regulatory Watch

FSIS seeks internet connection access during voluntary inspections

April 13, 2021

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing to amend its regulations to require internet access from certain facilities for the purposes of conducting and recording inspection verification activities.