Meat & poultry

Bone up on waste

26-Nov-2007 By Nicola Cottam

For a sector that is under the cosh, new controls on handling waste are making life even more difficult for meat processors. Nicola Cottam reports

Sausage makers get the cutting edge

27-Nov-2006

Union Food Machinery and Equipment has launched a high-speed sausage cutter. The WT05 cutter can process 1.85m of sausage per second, in any casing,...

Nisa-Today's buys British

27-Nov-2006

Meat supplier, Chitty Food Group, has secured a contract to supply 28 pre-packed British beef, pork and lamb lines into Nisa-Today's, the independent...

Science to improve beef eating quality

27-Nov-2006

Genetic indicators of beef tenderness are being used to help milk producers add value to their calf production.Blade Farming South West and Genus...

Hands off for hygiene

27-Nov-2006

Improved hygiene is becoming as important as labour cost savings when it comes to justifying the costs of line automation, as Sue Scott discovers

Technology centre shapes future of slicing machines

27-Nov-2006

Interfood Technology, the distributor of US-based Weber slicers, now offers five models from the Weber range. These start with the entry level 302...

Flexible approach to supplying rigid packs

30-Jun-2005

Lloyd Maunder puts the lion's share of rigid plastic tray business with one pack supplier

Measuring pH in meat

30-Jun-2005

Meat quality checks using a pH sensor without the associated risks of glass breakage

Modular line integration

30-Jun-2005

Retail ready line tackles the challenges of automating weighing and packing operations

Muscle matters

30-Jun-2005 By Rick Pendrous

Britain's meat processors are consolidating in the face of a tough business environment. Rick Pendrous reports on an industry adapting to greater international competition and some difficult regulatory issues