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As demand for dairy snacks, single servings and customized products grows, pouch packaging captures a greater share of the dairy case.

Where can food industry professionals interested in hygienic equipment design find great practical foundation knowledge? Technical educational programs offered by universities and/or related institutions account for a lot, if and where such specialized training exists.

Neal Gottlieb, the founder of Three Twins Ice Cream, needed more capacity to keep up with demand for his organic ice cream. His facility in Petaluma, Calif., was maxed out. Adding shifts was not feasible. Gottlieb bid the work to co-packers but said their quotes were “sky-high” and the quality of the test runs was a “disaster.”

The International Dairy Foods Association has issued a call to dairy processors to nominate their businesses in the 13th annual Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards. Deadline is April 20.

The LactiCyte-HD from Page & Pedersen provides automated, rapid microscopic SCC that enables real-time somatic cell counts for cow, goat, sheep and/or buffalo milk.

Litre Service’s repair capabilities include scraped surface heat exchanger cylinders, barrels, tubes, dashers, mutators and blades of any make, model or size.

The Xtreme metal detector enhanced platform from Eriez is recommended for the harshest applications.

Burkert’s Type 3361 valve features an electromotive actuator with ball screw that positions the control cone with highest precision.

Toray Membrane offers a casein whey separation microfiltration element.