Category: News
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GEA is expanding dairy AI development with a Belfast lab. The new site adds 20 R&D roles around CattleEye and DairyNet as the company deepens software capability in digital herd management.
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The BPA is pressing Brussels on oxo-plastics policy once again. Its submission to the Commission’s Single-Use Plastics Directive review asks policymakers to distinguish oxo-biodegradable materials from oxo-degradable plastics already covered by the ban.
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Bakers Basco is digitising bakery-equipment recovery operations across the UK. Intel 360 gives investigators mobile case logging, faster stakeholder alerts, and cleaner operational data as the organisation steps up protection of reusable baskets and dollies.
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FSA and FSS have mapped emerging food technology priorities. The report highlights near-term regulatory pressure points across novel proteins, fermentation, closed systems, and new ingredient pathways.
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FPS widens utilities engineering reach through a new QES partnership. The deal adds ventilation, MEP, refrigeration, and process-piping design capability to its food processing portfolio.
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Europe’s rice sector is pressing Brussels for faster trade action. Producer and milling groups say rising imports, weak paddy prices and mounting cost and compliance pressures are pushing production towards an unviable point in several member states.
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UK regulators have issued first safety guidance for precision fermentation. The new framework sets out how advanced ingredients should be classified and assessed, giving producers clearer expectations on hygiene compliance, hazard identification and evidence requirements before novel foods reach the market.
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Researchers have automated broiler feeding analysis with high-speed machine vision. A study from São Paulo validated a YOLOv8-SAM pipeline that converts beak motion into live kinematic data, linking feed particle size to ingestion effort and opening a route toward digitally modelled poultry feeding.
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PSB has highlighted moisture separation systems for process gas streams. The range combines centrifugal and mesh-based designs aimed at removing liquid water and oil aerosols where compressed air and gas quality affect hygiene, utility performance, and product integrity.
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Arla is bringing high-protein bar concepts to Brazil soon. The company will showcase Easy Bite and clear protein water formats at Nutri Ingredients Summit in São Paulo from 31 March to 1 April, centred on whey-based texture and shelf life.