Analyzer is unveiled at analytica China, an international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology and diagnostics in Shanghai.
October 10, 2016
PerkinElmer new analyzer can detect pesticides found in crops, test foods for mycotoxins and antibiotics and analyze veterinary drugs and nutritional components.
High temperature/short time pasteurization is the industry standard practice for now. Other technologies will gain acceptance, especially if they can add value to milk.
Dairies typically apply heat to raw milk. They use high-temperature/short time, higher-heat/shorter time or ultra-high temperature pasteurization. There are alternatives to heat-based pasteurization, such as applying high pressure or using UV light.
Packaging as many as 20 different cheese items and sizes each day, Laubscher needed equipment that would upgrade its processes and improve its record keeping.
September 26, 2016
Laubscher Cheese Co. needed to upgrade its record keeping from a hand-written system. It turned to Fairbanks Scales for help.
Conveyors move raw materials and finished products through a dairy plant. After filling, packages might travel to secondary packaging stations, to freezers, to warehouses and to pallets.
With raw milk prices low and demand for cheese, yogurt and other dairy foods high, America’s dairy processors are opening up their checkbooks to buy new equipment. A survey by BNP Market Research (Dairy Foods’ research arm) found that 56% of dairy processors are buying equipment this year and 60% plan to buy in 2017.