Ever since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) introduced the New Era of Smarter Food Safety blueprint last summer, cold chain companies have become focused of how to digitize and modernize food traceability. Many food safety procedures will soon become more automated and transparent in order to quickly and efficiently protect consumers from foodborne illness outbreaks.

 

American Industrial Systems, Inc. (AIS), Irvine, Calif., introduced a new series of M2M touch-screen HMIs and operator-controlled embedded systems for packaging, robotic automation, product inspection and material handling applications.

Eagle Product Inspection, Tampa, Fla., has taken its image analysis software—SimulTask PRO—to the next level of product inspection.

West Coast processors will now have improved access to local, rapid response, off-site product inspection and anomaly screening thanks to Thermo Fisher Scientific’s new product contamination facility in Sunnyvale, Calif.

METTLER TOLEDO, Tampa, Fla., introduced ProdX, an advanced connectivity software program that allows centralized monitoring, control and data documentation for its checkweighers, metal detectors and x-ray systems.