For years, food processing industries have continuously aimed for improvement of their plants’ performance as well as reduction of their workshop’s costs and wastes. With increasing consumer demands on product changeovers and quick product redesigns, these facilities are now implementing automation and are gradually adopting robots for better plant efficiency. Continue reading →

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Food and beverage production companies have long feared the adverse effects of food contamination in their production plants including bad publicity, product recalls or worse, decrease in market value. In order to avoid these situations, the best solution for food processing plants is to follow a sequence of steps for switching from standard oils to NSF H1 or HT-1 registered lubricants.  Continue reading →

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The use of food-grade lubricants for food processing plants has been discussed in Richard Beercheck’s article published in Lubes ‘n’ Greases EMEA magazine. According to Beercheck, several food manufacturing industries have requested lubricant manufacturers to produce more food-safe lubricants as a solution to the contamination crisis. Continue reading →

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The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has recently completed the 2014 food defense plan survey, which documented a slight increase from 83 percent to 84 percent of establishments with a functional food defense plan. Continue reading →

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Compressed air benefits various applications in the food processing industry. In these applications, compressed air is either direct or indirect contact with the food product being produced.  The presence of contaminants in the compressed air can render unhealthy effects to the food products such as reduced shelf life, discoloration, and changes in taste. Continue reading →

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