Inspection - Articles - Page 16

Sequester could cause billions of dollars in losses for meat producers

Budget cuts key topic at House Agricultural Appropriations meeting

Furloughs are expected, but final plans are not yet in place.

Shane O'Halloran

March 18, 2013

Furloughs are expected, but final plans are not yet in place.

FSIS says poultry producers must reassess their HAACP plans within 90 days

Lack of HACCP plan leads to FSIS recall of pork products

Ready-to-eat bacon and ham products received the mark of inspection without HACCP plans for their production.

Shane O'Halloran

March 18, 2013

Ready-to-eat bacon and ham products received the mark of inspection without HACCP plans for their production.

Vilsack confirms furlough of meat inspectors

Automatic budget cuts made the move unavoidable.

Shane O'Halloran

March 12, 2013

Automatic budget cuts made the move unavoidable.

Packaging

Seriously committed

An infant formula manufacturer makes a big commitment to its new container with a highly automated and state-of-the-art packaging line.

Kevin T. Higgins

March 6, 2013

Most manufacturers are involved with packages. Perrigo Nutritionals, on the other hand, is firmly committed to its new infant formula container.

Technology Sourcebook

The Mogensen Msort optical sorter has a capacity range for spherical material from the size of a pin to the size of a soccer ball; products with a grain size of 1mm can be optically sorted at a feed rate of 10 tons/hr.

Technology Sourcebook

Hollow-shaft encoder

March 6, 2013

Engineered for motor and drive control in harsh environments, the Baumer HS35S Sin/Cos hollow-shaft encoder has an optical scanning system that delivers Sin/Cos 1 V P-P output for exact positioning systems with absolute accuracy to 60 arc seconds.