Category: Topics
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A new supply-chain coalition is forming ahead of key EUDR milestones. The move sharpens the debate over traceability, smallholder inclusion, and workable compliance for food ingredient supply chains.
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A new Hokkaido model aims to track fish freshness continuously. The approach could support shelf-life forecasting, quality control, and lower seafood waste across longer export chains.
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Choosing inspection technology depends on product, packaging, process, and risk. In this expert analysis, Mettler-Toledo’s Kati Hope explains when metal detection, x-ray, or a combined approach best fits contaminant risk, packaging format, and production-line demands.
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Syntegon has launched a faster vertical packaging platform for food. The SVX system pairs higher output with faster changeovers and lower material use ahead of interpack 2026.
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Ashford has intensified scrutiny of unsafe food entering Great Britain. New figures show the scale of seizures, temperature breaches, and disease-related interceptions at the border.
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Mackie’s of Scotland has acquired a 50,000 sq ft distribution facility in Kintore, adding storage and dispatch capacity closer to its Aberdeenshire production base.
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Prodalim has launched California operations for its Solos platform, adding aroma recovery and beverage innovation capacity in Hopland with an initial processing capability of 15 million litres a year.
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Crane NXT has completed its acquisition of Antares Vision, bringing inspection, detection, and track-and-trace technologies for food and beverage into a newly established detection and traceability segment.
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Urschel is readying a new dicer for produce processors globally. The Little Gem Aspire is due to debut at major trade shows beginning in May.
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A new industry report puts the U.S. flexible packaging market at $42.6 billion. The figures offer a current benchmark for food manufacturers tracking pack formats, material demand, and investment direction.