The use of container sanitizing equipment ensures that pathogens and other contaminants won’t get into the processing plant, where it can taint finished food products, tarnish brand names and even instigate recalls and litigation.
Working together with the Burley Foods team, Green Giant was able to refine the recipes and develop a new, chef-inspired lineup of frozen vegetables—Green Giant Seasoned Steamers—what is said to be one of the first sauce-free seasoned frozen vegetable lines available.
Tops Friendly Markets, Buffalo, N.Y., selected energy-efficient LED lighting by Cree, Inc., Morrisville, N.C., to illuminate its 51,364-square-foot store in Geneva, N.Y.
Frozen pizza remains one of the most ubiquitous foods in the typical American household. Convenience, low price and a continually growing assortment of options have made frozen pizza a favorite heat-and-serve choice for households constrained by time and budgets.
CAS DataLoggers, Chesterland, Ohio, provided a data logging solution for a slaughterhouse with meat lockers storing product requiring continual temperature monitoring.
Rising fuel costs and related surcharges continue to increase trucking costs, so the last thing a shipping manager needs is additional fees for improperly reporting the weight of shipments.
The centuries-old process of smoking meat has taken a new turn. Instead of using the customary smokehouse to preserve and enhance the flavor of meats, food processors in many regions of the world are integrating the smoking and browning into inline cooking that not only simplifies a laborious process, but also delivers significant health and competitive advantages.
The latest generation of ASRS allow deep-freeze warehouses to maintain precision product identification and rotation, provide rapid throughput at near 100% accuracy levels and are considerably more energy-efficient than traditional automated systems.