Using a new microscopic technique that can detect minute particles of plastic, Rutgers Health and Columbia researchers have discovered that bottled drinking water contains 10–100 times more plastic particles than previous estimates have suggested.
Eagle Product Inspection recently launched its latest innovative solution for the poultry processing industry, the hygienically designed MAXIMIZER RMI inspection system.
A protocol for the collection of honey reference samples for the creation of authenticity databases has been developed by the UK Government. Honey is one of the food commodities most subject to food fraud.
Scientists have developed a small, easy-to-produce, and cost effective sensor that can detect water adulteration of honey, a commodity that is often the subject of fraudulent food production practices.
Ideal for upstream inspection of bulk items like cereals, rice, legumes, coffee, and sugar, the XR Bulk X-ray scanner from Antares Vision Group incorporates vertical piping technology to reliably inspect raw materials at high speeds.
Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection Group has unveiled a variety of inspection systems, including two new X-ray inspection systems—the X12 and the X32—and the latest ProdX software.
Key Technology recently introduced its new COMPASS® family of food optical sorters, ideal for sorting processed, frozen, and pre-processed vegetables and fruits, nuts, leafy greens, potato chips, confections, and other food products.
Mettler-Toledo has introduced metal detectors for hazardous locations (HazLoc), ideal for dusty manufacturing environments such as for free-falling powders, grains, and granules.
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