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Volkmann has launched contained unloading equipment for allergenic powders. The system combines dust-tight docking, glove box access, and pneumatic conveying integration to improve ingredient handling and operator protection.
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Digital CIP systems are targeting water waste in food plants. Ecolab’s platform uses continuous monitoring and AI-supported recommendations to improve sanitation efficiency, uptime, compliance evidence, and resource control.
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UK agencies are tightening scrutiny of honey authenticity testing databases. The framework aims to strengthen enforcement confidence as manufacturers, packers, and ingredient buyers face persistent fraud risk.
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Quadram research questions farming system influence on retail AMR exposure. The findings shift attention toward processing, handling, chilled-chain control, and microbiome surveillance across meat and leafy green supply chains.
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Schubert has introduced a denser TLM platform for packaging lines. The redesign targets higher throughput, smaller footprints, and faster changeovers for food plants upgrading existing automation.
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TraceGains has appointed Zoli Gombosi as senior vice president of engineering as it deepens Veralto integration and expands AI capability across compliance, formulation, packaging, and sustainability workflows.
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Somic Packaging has launched the 434 SuperFlex case-packing platform, designed to handle multiple secondary packaging formats through a modular architecture for food and consumer goods producers.
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CalRecycle has issued new SB 54 guidance for producers, setting out compliance responsibilities, covered materials, and exclusions for food and agricultural packaging under California’s EPR regime.
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US authorities have linked Daisy Brand headcheese to a Listeria outbreak in Illinois, putting renewed pressure on ready-to-eat meat controls, retail slicing hygiene, and cold-chain handling.
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Mars is investing £190m in its Slough factory, adding robotics, AI, upgraded machinery, advanced cooling, energy-efficient utilities, and digital twin technology to strengthen UK confectionery manufacturing.