Dairy Processing and Equipment - Articles - Page 39

Buyer beware

3-A SSI warns of unauthorized use of its symbol on processing equipment

The association’s ‘buyer beware’ list has more than doubled in size since June to include 15 companies.

November 30, 2016

3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. says that a number of Chinese companies are displaying its trademarked 3-A Symbol without authorization. Dairy processors should verify that equipment meets the 3-A SSI’s sanitary design and fabrication criteria.

JBT Corp.'s linear aseptic filler handles diverse products at high speeds

October 21, 2016

The JBT Corp. Stork AsepTec is a linear aseptic filler that can handle a range of products and bottles (HDPE, PP, PET) at high line speeds.

Tetra Pak's ice cream filler for small, medium processors

October 19, 2016

Tetra Pak’s Ice Cream Filler A3 is designed specifically for small to medium processors. The filler produces up to 18,000 ice cream cones per hour and features three enhanced components

Quest Industrial’s robotic, stainless steel pick & place system

October 18, 2016

Quest Industrial’s Quik Pick & Pack Plus is a new, fast, stainless steel robotic pick-and-place system.

PerkinElmer’s New QSight Triple Quadrupole LC/MS/MS System Delivers High Sensitivity and Enhanced Productivity for Analytical Labs

Lab equipment

PerkinElmer's new system can test foods for mycotoxins, antibiotics

Analyzer is unveiled at analytica China, an international trade fair for laboratory technology, analysis, biotechnology and diagnostics in Shanghai.

October 10, 2016

PerkinElmer new analyzer can detect pesticides found in crops, test foods for mycotoxins and antibiotics and analyze veterinary drugs and nutritional components.

Dairies stick with HT/ST for the short term

High temperature/short time pasteurization is the industry standard practice for now. Other technologies will gain acceptance, especially if they can add value to milk.

James Carper

October 10, 2016

Dairies typically apply heat to raw milk. They use high-temperature/short time, higher-heat/shorter time or ultra-high temperature pasteurization. There are alternatives to heat-based pasteurization, such as applying high pressure or using UV light.

Curds and weigh

Cheese company upgrades to flexible weighing and labeling equipment

Packaging as many as 20 different cheese items and sizes each day, Laubscher needed equipment that would upgrade its processes and improve its record keeping.

September 26, 2016

Laubscher Cheese Co. needed to upgrade its record keeping from a hand-written system. It turned to Fairbanks Scales for help.