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AMI releases new Sanitary Equipment Design Principles

AMI announces lift on poultry ban, beef import changes

May 12, 2014

AMI reported China has lifted its ban on poultry from Virginia, a ban which took effect in 2007 after an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza.

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Inspection software

May 7, 2014

Cognex In-Sight Explorer 4.9 software offers a set of inspection tools and a communications suite featuring the iQ Sensor Solution network.

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Using image processing and multiple concurrent detection algorithms, the Raycon X-ray metal detector identifies a variety of metallic and non-metallic contaminants in packaged and unpackaged products; it also detects agglomerated, deformed, broken and missing items.

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Dual-energy X-ray system

May 7, 2014

The Anritsu DualX X-ray inspection system utilizes 2 energy signals to distinguish between product and contaminants.

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Belt-driven optical sorters

May 7, 2014

Engineered for potato processors, the Key Technology Sort-to-Grade feature is available for all belt-driven G6 optical sorters.

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Optical fruit sorter

May 7, 2014

Engineered for fruit processors, the TOMRA Primus Gemini optical sorter sorts products through multiple inspection zones.

France bans US pig imports, suspends decision

The ban will be put on hold until an EU meeting on Tuesday.

May 5, 2014

The ban will be put on hold until an EU meeting on Tuesday.

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Full-bottle inspection system

April 7, 2014

The METTLER TOLEDO CI-Vision full-bottle inspection system for the beverage industry inspects filled bottles at high production line speeds for proper fill level, cap position (missing, incorrect, skewed and under- or over-torqued cap) and tamper-band integrity.

FMI says labeling of menu items should not include grocery stores

TECH FLASH

Food safety and auditing scholarships available now

The Food Marketing Institute is now accepting applications for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Shane O'Halloran

March 26, 2014

Students majoring in food and agricultural science are welcome to apply.

A lab technician tests food samples for pathogen contamination using DuPontÃ¢??s BAX System Q7 with real-time PCR technology.

Food Safety

Raw materials: Test or no test?

You can send incoming raw material samples out to a third-party lab, but plenty of easy-to-use, rapid test kits can more quickly provide the results you need—right at your own facility.

Wayne Labs

March 8, 2014

A June 10, 2011 report on Deutsche Welle states “bean sprouts are the likely source of an E. coli outbreak in Germany that has killed 31 people and made nearly 3,000 ill since May [2011].” This information was attributed to Reinhard Burger, president of Germany’s federal infectious disease laboratory, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).