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If Frank Otis could add four to five days more shelf life to his organic milk, it would mean a world of difference. The CEO of Crystal Creamery, Modesto, Calif., said he could then service accounts in Los Angeles, 300 miles to the south.

Fill and seal bagger for shredded cheese, 100-valve filler for single-serve bottles, Gable-top packaging fill machine...

In anticipation of the long-discussed Food Safety Modernization Act finally becoming enforceable in September, we asked equipment suppliers about the role pumps and valves play in assuring food safety in dairy processing plants. Here’s what they had to say about this subject in our virtual roundtable.

Stainless steel Angle Seat Control Valves from Burkert offer high flows for large capacity in heat/cooling exchange operations while the company’s Standard Globe valves offer extreme precision and quiet operation.

The EcoPure pump from SPX Flow increases efficiency, reliability and safety in traditional hygienic centrifugal pump applications by using high-powered drive magnets and very efficient impellers in a design without mechanical seals.

Rieger Flow Products’ BioCheck Compact sampling valve sets new standards for paramount sampling.

Mixer helps give products desired texture; Mix and homogenize in one operation; Horizontal drum mixer is energy efficient

The QSE-303 Salinity Meter from Quest Industrial makes testing pasteurization holding tubes or conducting an HTST easy as well as fast and accurate, reducing retesting time.

The Profile Advantage metal detector from Mettler Toledo Safeline delivers high levels of detection sensitivity to maximize detection and ensure end-user’s brand protection.