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Case study
How better use of checkweighers can boost profit - Ishida
15-Nov-2011 -
Checkweighers are mainly used to ensure compliance with pack weight regulations. However, it has become clear that checkweigher data, when accumulated and properly used, can help cut costs and boost profits. Enhanced decision-making, reduced film wastage and upstream monitoring and...
Technical / white paper
Food Packaging Design and Manufacture - SGS
07-Nov-2011 -
The new complimentary white paper provides an overview of the Food Safety Management Systems and Food Packaging Design and Manufacture Standards: ISO 22000, PAS 223 AND FSSC 22000
Technical / white paper
Gluten - Free: What are the Implications? - RSSL
10-Oct-2011 -
New compositional and labelling standards have been introduced that set levels of gluten for foods claiming to be either 'gluten – free' or 'very low gluten'. This paper discusses what is required in order to keep within the law.
Application note
Carbohydrate analysis in foodstuffs by IC-PAD - Metrohm AG
12-Sep-2011 -
Metrohm has developed a straightforward ion chromatographic method using isocratic elution and pulsed amperometric detection (PAD) to sensitively determine polyols and sugar alcohols as well as saccharides in essential and non-essential foodstuffs.
Application note
Metrohm IC packages - free software, columns, etc. for early birds! - Metrohm AG
06-Jun-2011 -
Metrohm offers 3 all-in-one IC systems that are 100% geared to professional water analysis. Benefit from highly valuable equipment (MagIC Net™ software, column ...) that Metrohm gives away with each of the three packages – absolutely free!
Technical / white paper
ISO26000-Guidance on Social Responsibility by SGS - SGS
18-Jan-2011 -
“Understanding the ISO26000 Social Responsibility standard and how it relates to and can be assessed alongside other standards” is the new White Paper by SGS. This document is a discussion about social responsibility issues and how they can be managed...
Event programme
£ 100 off Campden BRI training courses - Campden
28-Sep-2010 -
Claim £100 off any course in our 2011 programme of over 200 scheduled courses and events - specifically for the food and drink supply chain. Courses cover:
Agriculture and production
Analysis - chemistry and microbiology
Brewing
Cereals, milling and baking
Consumer and sensory science
Food manufacturing...
Application note
Straightforward direct determination of sodium - Metrohm AG
27-Sep-2010 -
Thermometric titration copes with challenging food matrices such as ketchup, instant soups, gravies and salty snacks. The titration is performed directly on a suspension of the food sample and is complete in under two minutes.
Case study
Achieving 10% Efficiency Uplift - CDC Software
14-Sep-2010 -
Lakeside Foods is a leading international private-label food processor known for its canned and frozen vegetables. As price conscious shoppers spur the growth of private-label products, Lakeside Foods was faced with the challenge of increasing production volume while trying to...
Technical / white paper
Beyond Plant Visibility to Business Improvement - CDC Software
08-Sep-2010 -
Increasing evidence is pointing to the realization that many plant-wide intelligence initiatives do not lead to the dramatic improvements that the business wants and needs.This Cambashi Analyst White Paper discusses five major factors that producers must incorporate into their environment...
Technical / white paper
Multiplex GMO Screening: a Unique 4-Target Real-Time PCR - Biotecon
27-Apr-2010 -
The ever-increasing number of commercialized GMOs forces laboratories to apply many different methods of analysis. Screening methods help minimize analytical effort and pre-select for further tests (e.g. GMO quantification). A unique real-time PCR kit (detection limit: 10 target copies/reaction) was...
Technical / white paper
New White Paper: Understanding FSSC 22000 - SGS
12-Apr-2010 -
The new FSSC 22000 standard is one of the most comprehensive approaches to a food safety management system. The aim of the white paper is to help food manufacturing organizations understand the standard and its benefits. Please fill out the...
Data sheet
Quality Assurance in the food & beverage industry - Metrohm AG
24-Mar-2010 -
Based on official standards such as the U.S. EPA, the AOAC and the SLMB, the brochure FOOD ANALYSIS suggests methods best suited to check crucial parameters such as water content, oxidation stability, biogenic amines, heavy metals, to name but a...
Technical / white paper
Generate sales leads with a good white paper - William Reed Business Media
24-Mar-2010 -
White papers (or technical papers) are one of the most effective ways to generate leads for your sales team and improve your company’s reputation as an expert. Want to know how to create effective white papers? Download this guide now....
Case study
Reduced defective batches Through computerized formulation system - Mettler Toledo
22-Feb-2010 -
Through computerized formulations, the confectionery manufacturer F. Hunziker + Co AG has been able to further reduce the occurrences of defective batches and thus optimize production. The intuitive FormWeigh.Net® formulation system constantly monitors the entire production process, including full documentation...
Technical / white paper
Detection of CDC Triffid Flax/Linseed (Event FP967) - Genetic ID
02-Nov-2009 -
The EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has reported finding an unapproved genetically modified flax/linseed variety in cereal and bakery products in over 30 countries. The GM flax variety, FP967 (CDC Triffid), is not authorised for food or...
Technical / white paper
Salmonella Detection in Peanut Butter: Validation of a Real-Time PCR Method - Biotecon
28-Oct-2009 -
In response to a Salmonella outbreak in the USA caused by contaminated peanut butter with more than 700 infected persons, 9 deaths and a recall of more than 3,900 food products, BIOTECON Diagnostics and Merck KGaA participated in an AOAC...
Technical / white paper
Debunking the MES Myth: What Food Producers Really Need for Achieving Low-Cost Producer Status - CDC Software
23-Sep-2009 -
Considering MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) as a rapid route to improved Performance? Download this white paper to discover why many industry analysts and Food executives are beginning to realize that MES does not improve a process or fix an efficiency...
Case study
Latest Statistical Quality Control System - Mettler Toledo
23-Sep-2009 -
Nestlé – one of the oldest foreign investments in Turkey – entered the Turkish market in 1875, only 8 years after its foundation. The Turkish METTLER TOLEDO distributor BAYKON has served Nestlé for many years with top-class weighing technology and...
Case study
Kraft's Marabou Noblesse ensures product quality with SAFELINE X-ray Inspection - Mettler Toledo
14-Sep-2009 -
METTLER TOLEDO Safeline adapts its InspireX R20 x-ray inspection system to for Kraft's Marabou Noblesse creating a packaging industry first – a split-beam x-ray system that automatically checks seal quality as well as product size and alignment.