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Alternative protein processors using cell- or plant-based methods can learn from biotech

The biotech industry has been dealing with regulations and scale-ups for some time and has the know-how

July 22, 2021

Alternative proteins—especially cell-based seafood and meats—hold promise for the future, considering that animals are eliminated from the production chain.

Plant Openings & Expansions: July 2021

July 22, 2021

Plant openings and expansions in food and beverage manufacturing for July 2021.

ASTI’s AMR robots extends ABB’s portfolio of automation, providing a solution for moving products in warehouses and plants.

Robotics acquisition

ABB expands robotics line to include autonomous mobile robots with acquisition

ABB will purchase ASTI Mobile Robotics, completing the deal by mid-summer

Wayne Labs

July 20, 2021

ABB will acquire ASTI Mobile Robotics Group (ASTI), a manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots (AMR), which has a broad portfolio across all major applications enabled by the company’s software. The acquisition will expand ABB’s robotics and automation offerings, providing the company with a complete portfolio of flexible automation technologies.

Tribe 9 Foods' Clean-Flow pasta cooker handles 2,400 pounds of cooked gluten-free pasta per hour

Automated pasta processing

Cooking/cooling/freezing gluten-free pasta with a gentle touch at Tribe 9 Foods

The automated processing equipment also includes built-in CIP to do a thorough cleanup in 40 minutes once a day

Jim McMahon

July 16, 2021

Located in Madison, Wisconsin, Tribe 9 Foods (Tribe 9) is a specialty foods company dedicated to creating delicious, nourishing and functional food. In 2019, Tribe 9 built a new manufacturing facility to support further growth in Taste Republic’s co-manufacturing, private label and foodservice businesses. Capabilities at this new facility include extrusion, IQF, form-fill-seal, flow-wrap packaging, nut butter milling and gluten-free flour blending.

Preinstalled driver libraries provide an easy-to-use, touch-enabled tool for managing field instruments during their entire life cycle. Source: Endress+Hauser

Automation updates

System integrators and hardware suppliers look at the mechanics of controls updates

Getting tested updates safely to processors and installed without a hitch requires flexibility and expertise from suppliers

Wayne Labs

July 14, 2021

Automation firmware and software updates are a necessity, and suppliers have made the task much easier through new tools.

Tyson Foods Inc. recalls RTE chicken products due to possible listeria contamination

To date, FSIS was notified of two persons ill with listeriosis

Sharon Spielman

July 9, 2021

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced last week that Tyson Foods Inc., a Dexter, Mo., establishment, recalled approximately 8,955,296 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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.

How transit packaging technology and materials ensure food-industry safety beyond the pandemic

Signode offers tools to help food suppliers and distributors meet the challenges of the online shopping boom and increase in people stocking up on food since the pandemic.

Tim Gardner

June 30, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacted all industries. The food industry is no exception. Just one year before the pandemic, hopeful projections from Instacart, a leader in online grocery delivery, predicted that one-fifth of American households would be shopping for groceries online within five years.