Sustainable Food Manufacturing: Working to a Greener Future

The topic of sustainability has become even more important with the increasing effects of climate change. All industries and their businesses are implementing practices to reduce waste and greenhouse gas emissions. But what exactly does sustainability mean and look like for the food manufacturing industry?

The Australian – Japanese partnership behind our favourite foods

food on grill

Shaughan Syme first learned about the Japanese brand Rheon, which makes food-processing machines, while he was working for equipment supplier Ross Industries in the late 1980s. “Almost immediately, I fell in love with the quality of the Rheon machines,” says Syme. “They just plugged in and worked straight out of the box.” Syme was new […]

Perten Instruments NIR DA7250 certified by AUS-MEAT

The DA 7250 is a NIR instrument (Near InfraRed), for accurate determination of moisture, fat, crude protein and other parameters in raw meat and meat products. It is designed to be fast, accurate, easy-to use, versatile and robust. AUS-MEAT Limited is the body responsible for establishing and maintaining Australian industry agreed Standards for Meat Production […]

Embracing the Circular Economy is Key to Waste Management

Waste Management

At a time when public awareness of waste and recycling is on the rise thanks to initiatives such as the ABC’s War on Waste, the food-processing sector can justifiably claim to have been among the first to get its house in order and embrace the principles of the circular economy and waste management. Data collected […]

X33 X-Ray Inspection System

MT X33

Developed as a result of a collaboration between Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray and its customers, the X33 technology is part of the X-Series of x-ray inspection systems. To enable food manufacturers with limited factory floor space to comply with food safety standards and reduce energy consumption, Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray has designed the X33 Series, which is […]

Clean-Trace Hygiene Monitoring System

Clean-Trace Hygiene Monitoring System

You know pathogens are out there. But do you know where? The reputation of a food manufacturer rides on the safety of its products. When food is of a high quality… when consumers are safe…when product recalls are absent…life is good.

ChillSafe®

chillsafe

Invented and made in Australia, ChillSafe ®, is a simple to use sanitation sachet that provides the food manufacturing and hospitality industry an advanced hygiene and mould reduction technology to continuously combat two of the most common issues. The product has been modified to manage larger spaces more effectively, managing food manufacturing and refrigerated spaces, cool […]

Robots Drive the Move to Food Manufacturing 4.0

Robots

While the food and beverage sector has not been as quick to embrace robotic technology as many other areas of manufacturing, there are signs that the latest technologies are enabling increasing numbers of producers to take their first steps towards “food manufacturing 4.0”.

Kawasaki dual arm SCARA duAro Collaborative robot

A new era in automation has begun. Smart, flexible, collaborative robots (cobots) will change the face of productivity and manufacturing in Australia. Able to work alongside humans without the need for safety guarding (subject to risk assessment), cobots open vast new applications for robot technology. They are easily integrated into existing production environments, and the […]