Articles by Wayne Labs

Testing methods for food-grade lubricants have improved to predict and determine more accurately the actual lifetime of a compressor oil change—which may be better than previously expected.

While there's no "one size fits all" solution to improving throughput, there are some guiding principles to help processors achieve greater productivity.

Knowledge of how attacks occur, new tools coming on the scene, and long-term investments in cybersecurity can all help processors stand a better chance of keeping their plants safely up and running.

While plasma could be useful in a number of food applications, using it to create a non-thermal sterilization system will likely be the most attractive to processors.

While you might wait until a small motor burns out before you replace it, do you want to take a similar chance with a control system failure?

Plant networks are evolving toward "Industry 4.0," an architecture where everything is interconnected.

Knowing the quality of the fish before it was frozen would be great and, even better, would be tracking fresh fish from catch/harvest through every step of the supply chain. To do this, a calibrated instrument is needed.

Consumers want clean labels with preservatives and antimicrobials that they can recognize and understand: like vinegar, ascorbic acid, rosemary or chemicals derived from organic or natural substances.

A Listeria testing system from CERTUS can streamline and simplify Listeria testing.

FSMA places new requirements on environmental monitoring in food and beverage plants.