Injury and fatalities fall in high risk industry
The battle to bring down the high rate of injury and fatalities in the UK's food and drink industry is succeeding, according to the latest figures.
Archives for October 24, 2005
Natural enzyme found to improve bread quality and shelf life
Researchers in Ireland may have developed a naturally occurring enzyme preparation for baking, which increases loaf volume and crumb softness while also extending shelf life by three days.
Barry Callebaut's American interests grow
Cocoa manufacturing giant Barry Callebaut has underlined the importance of the US in its global portfolio with the opening of a new $20 million facility.
Table-top homogeniser built for test runs
A table-top homogeniser allows food and dairy processing companies to test products in the laboratory or at pilot plants to achieve optimal efficiency before ramping up to full scale production.
Organic farmers stifled by supermarkets
Britain's major supermarkets are today being blamed for distorting the organic primary produce market, forcing 300 Scottish farmers to switch to conventional agricultural practices to stay in business.
Radar reader spots RFID tag location at a distance
A South African company claims it has invented a scanner that can read multiple radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and pick them out from a crowd, allowing users to accurately locateobjects among multiple targets.