All Food & Beverage


Cereal drying plant

Recipe for success

Added: 12 Feb 2014

Thermal processes may make up the bulk of energy costs for many food manufacturers, but solutions t…

Horsemeat scandal - food fraud

Wholly Cow?

Added: 5 Feb 2014

A year has passed since some frozen beef lasagnes were found to have more of an equine flavour to t…

Bulk bags

Bulk bags offer sweet solution

Added: 3 Feb 2014

New bulk bag dispensers reduce manual effort, contain dust and improve the working environment at N…

Horse

Horsemeat found at Dutch beef plant

Added: 3 Feb 2014

Food safety authorities have blocked a Dutch slaughterhouse from selling over 690 tonnes of beef af…

Vince Cable

“Reshore UK” scheme launched

Added: 31 Jan 2014

The Government has launched a new “one-stop-shop” service to help manufacturing firms return produc…

Bath Ales selects Fulton boilers

Bath Ales selects Fulton Boilers

Added: 28 Jan 2014

Bath Ales is upgrading its existing steam boiler with a new RBC1500 horizontal boiler from Fulton B…

Salmonella biofilms on various surfaces

Food processing faces salmonella risk

Added: 22 Jan 2014

Salmonella biofilms have been found to show significant resistance to powerful disinfectants, a stu…

Atlas Copco compressor upgarde

Compressed air supply upgrade

Added: 22 Jan 2014

Packaging company opts for Atlas Copco energy-saving compressor.

Food Greencore

Food industry must be “more effective”

Added: 15 Jan 2014

A year on from the horsemeat scandal, there are still lessons to be learned for the food industry, …

Offshore wind farm at dusk

Plan to pay process plants to use electricity

Added: 7 Jan 2014

Exclusive: National Grid is considering paying major energy users such as process plants to use ele…

Shipwrecked Beer

Brewers hit emissions target early

Added: 23 Dec 2013

The UK brewing sector has reached its 2020 carbon emissions reduction target eight years early, a n…

Poultry processing

Food industry targets innovation for growth

Added: 12 Dec 2013

Greater use of sensors across processing plants and the simulation and modelling of new facilities …

Muller's new butter churn facility

Müller opens £17m butter plant

Added: 10 Dec 2013

The £17 million butter plant located in Shropshire will initially manufacture 10kg and 25kg blocks …

Food Industry and academics discuss vision for Centre of Excellence

Food engineering centre vision agreed

Added: 2 Dec 2013

The vision that will drive a national Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering was agreed by indus…

PSM is deemed by the HSE to be a ‘hot topic’ for high-hazard sites

Communication is key to safety

Added: 29 Nov 2013

Process safety management is a constantly evolving field, but good communication remains fundamenta…

Chris Sumner

Pie, Robot

Added: 22 Nov 2013

Though it has been slow to follow the lead of other process industries, the food sector is finally …

CCS plant

Manufacturing hits 18-year high

Added: 21 Nov 2013

UK manufacturing growth over the past three months was its strongest for 18 years, according to the…

Energy efficient technologies aren't always implemented

Cost concerns limit energy efficiency investment

Added: 12 Nov 2013

Financial concerns trump environmental ones when it comes to considering investment in energy effic…

Chilean dairy process plant

Safeguards for dairy process plant

Added: 8 Nov 2013

Russell Finex has won a contract from Nestlé to supply separation equipment to help ensure product …

Poultry processing

Cargill to upgrade UK process plant

Added: 7 Nov 2013

Cargill is currently upgrading its poultry processing plant in Hereford with a £35m phased-investme…