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Dry Processing Technology

Batch-Weigh system automates powder dispensing

August 2, 2021

Batch-Weigh System automatically transfers, weighs and dispenses precise amounts of powders, pellets, flakes and other bulk materials into mixers, hoppers, tanks, vessels and containers.

Food inspection machine increases foreign object detection rates up to 500%

ProSpection Solutions uses EtherCAT and PC-based control technology from Beckhoff to optimize low-density foreign material inspection system

July 8, 2021

In 2017, ProSpection Solutions began its transition from machine distributor to machine builder OEM. One of the first products its engineering team designed was the IP69K-rated low-density foreign material detection and removal system.

New Plant Products

AI/vision inspection system for bottling

June 16, 2021

The CAPQ system is designed to leverage deep learning/AI for beverage bottle cap integrity and fill-level inspection.

New Plant Products

Combo, checkweigher systems

April 19, 2021

CW3 Run-Wet combo and CW3 Run-Wet checkweigher systems are IP69 rated and designed to follow the latest industry leading principles for hygiene standards.

New Plant Products

Industrial-grade 2D camera

December 16, 2019

EventCam is designed for the detection and analysis of sporadic errors in industrial processes.

Routine inspections for states with CAP funds may begin January 1

Sharon Spielman

December 9, 2019

The FDA is clarifying that states receiving competition A/B funding as part of the State Produce Implementation Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) may begin routine inspections as early as January 1, 2020.

Food Safety

Documentation is key to proving hazard control

Rose Shilling

June 19, 2019

Many processors have grown more sophisticated at compiling information and presenting it when inspectors ask for proof that a facility's food safety management system is working. But no matter the companies’ size or record management methods, they likely experience some of the common deficiencies that experts see.

Food Safety

How Preventive Controls Affect FDA Inspections

Understanding preventive controls is critical to FSMA compliance

Richard F. Stier

November 21, 2018

The enactment of the Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation has profoundly affected the food processing industry in the United States and throughout the world.

Regulatory Watch

FDA issues guidance for refused inspections

Guidance explains how FDA interprets refusals of entry for inspection

Casey Laughman

January 12, 2018

Rule applies to foreign food facilities and foreign governments.

Unclear which agency should be inspecting catfish

GAO says the FDA and USDA’s FSIS need to get together on testing imported catfish for residual drugs.

December 20, 2017

The saga dates back to 2012 when the Government Accountability Office said that the responsibility for inspecting catfish should not be reassigned from FDA to the USDA. However, that’s not what happened.