Should dairy farms be allowed to sell jars and bottles of raw (unpasteurized) cow’s milk directly to consumers? It’s an issue that stirs the blood, like a helmet law for motorcycles or a body scan at the airport.
The newly designed compact plastic case stack de-palletizing system from Westfalia Deam Systems de-palletizes 3-4 40-inch by 40-inch dairy pallets per minute, each with nine stacks of empty plastic dairy cases, for a maximum throughput rate of 180 cases per minute.
With the DecoBloc from Krones AG, it will be possible to create a monobloc configuration synchronizing a modularized labeler featuring a Sleevematic carousel, a Shrinkmat tunnel and a Linadry unit for predrying the containers.
Roselani Ice Cream, Maui, Hawaii, continues to modernize its Wailuku plant. “Our brand new filler machine brings that part of our production up into the 21st century,” says ice cream maker Cathy Nobriga Kim.
Icon is the newest addition to Fortress Technology’s Phantom line of metal detectors. The touchscreen panel has been designed from the ground-up to be backwards compatible with all Phantom metal detectors.
Milk processors market dairy beverages as workout aids, develop lactose-reduced products and more drinkable yogurts and boost the health profile with probiotics. Nondairyprocessors formulate juices and ready-to-drink teas.
Consumers have hectic, complicated lives. The 2011 trends forecast by the Food Channel (in conjunction with Culturewaves, the International Food Futurist and Mintel International) states: “for years we talked about simplicity, sometimes under names like ‘local’ or ‘social consciousness’ or ‘green.’
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