Featured Meat & Poultry Content

  1. Foreign Body Detection Of Metals 9/20/2013

    A metal detection system can represent a significant capital investment. Equipment must be designed for the intended application and used in an effective manner to ensure ROI.

  2. How To Change The Belt On The Xpert X-Ray Inspection System 10/5/2012

    The Thermo Scientific Xpert X-ray system has high resolution and sensitivity and can find contaminants other systems miss. 

  3. Features and Benefits Of The Xpert X-ray Inspection System 10/5/2012

    The Thermo Scientific Xpert X-ray Inspection System has high resolution and sensitivity and can find contaminants other systems miss. Ideal for food and beverage industry with emphasis on products that contain metalized film or wrapping.

  4. Easy Set-Up Of The Xpert X-ray Inspection System 10/5/2012

    To address the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of X-ray systems the Xpert system minimizes training, a five-step, Easy Set-Up process was created and a simplified, password protected operator interface was designed.

  5. The Xpert X-ray Inspection System Is Easy To Clean 10/5/2012

    The Thermo Scientific Xpert inspection system enables compliance with worldwide HACCP and retailer food safety requirements as well as IP65 compliant in accordance with IEC 60529 and EN 60529.

  6. Versa Warehouse In-line Scale Software Overview 10/5/2012

    The new Versa Warehouse software for improved accuracy and reliability of the warehouse in-line scale.

  7. Apex 100 Metal Detector For Food Production 10/3/2012

    The Thermo Scientific APEX 100 metal detector provides protection from many types of metal contaminants encountered in food production today.

  8. Improving Quality Assurance In The Meat And Seafood Cold Chain 7/17/2012

    According to the CDC approximately one in six Americans is sickened each year by food borne illnesses. That’s nearly 48 million preventable illnesses. The best prevention, according to the FDA, is to properly treat or cook the food and then to chill it to temperatures that prevent the growth of pathogen and the formation of toxins.

  9. City Meets New Wastewater Compliance Regulations, With Exceptionally Low Output Of Nitrates And Phosphorous, While Coping With Weekend 90+% Influent Drop From Poultry Plant 5/31/2012

    The public works manager for the City of Decatur, AR reports that replacement of their  aerated pond system wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) with a special activated sludge process WWTP has provided for compliance with a more stringent National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, while coping with a regular 90-95% weekend decrease in wastewater input from a poultry plant, as well as major seasonal variations in ambient temperature.

  10. Automation In The Food Industry 3/15/2011

    Automation is one of those terms that almost defines itself; automation is, well, that which is automated. More precisely, automation is the use of control systems linked with other computer technologies to control production in industrial operations with minimal human intervention. By George Melnykovich, Senior Advisor, FPSA