Apr 24, 2019 | Food & Beverage, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News
FOOD fraud is a $50 billion annual industry and you’re probably eating some of the evidence. That’s according to printing and traceablity experts PageMark Africa, citing statistics from Michigan State University’s Food Fraud Initiative. “Most of us are...
Mar 29, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Packaging
CODING and marking is a method of printing essential product and traceability information onto packaging, labels and other manufactured goods and materials. These include barcodes, serialisation codes, and expiry or ‘best by’ dates. While codes and marks can also be...
Mar 29, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage
BMG’s range of Nord aluminium drives is available with the nsd tupH (Sealed Surface Conversion System) anti-corrosion treatment, which has been developed by Nord Drivesystems, for improved process reliability in extreme environmental conditions and for hygienically...
Mar 29, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage
CONTINUOUS, high-speed operation and the most stringent of hygiene standards and operating conditions call for reliable, robust bearings that facilitate cost-effective production. Despite having to withstand high temperatures, water and chemicals. The bearings must...
Mar 29, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Transport & Logistics
SOVEREIGN Foods, the third largest poultry producer in South Africa, recently announced the merger of Sovereign Foods with the Cold Storage Group (CSG), an Eastern Cape wholesaler of poultry and value-added poultry products. CSG comprises five inter-related...
Mar 29, 2019 | Agriculture & Sugar, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage
SOVEREIGN Foods, the third largest poultry producer in South Africa, has announced the acquisition of the Blue Hills hatchery in Midrand. The hatchery was previously known as Hyline Africa which was a commercial layer grandparent facility. Sovereign’s expansion began...
Mar 29, 2019 | Disaster Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Food & Beverage
WITH companies striving to perfect a proactive approach to food safety, SKF is launching the new Food Line ball bearing units – Blue Range, which extend a hygienic-design mentality to bearing unit components for food-processing equipment. Since 2012, the food and...
Mar 27, 2019 | Commerce & Trade, Disaster Management, Electrical & Electronics, Food & Beverage, KZN Industrial & Business News, Power Generation, SMME Development & Support
WITH small businesses already dealing with hikes in VAT and petrol, coupled with decreased consumer spending, load-shedding is a bridge too far, particularly for restaurateurs. That’s according SME funder, Retail Capital, which says those who took their chances with...
Mar 20, 2019 | Disaster Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage
FOLLOWING recent outbreaks of listeria and salmonella in South Africa, food safety has come under the spotlight, particularly within food manufacturing environments. Food safety precautions and regulations need to extend to every component in the food and beverages...
