Now I don’t like criminals of any persuasion; personally, I’d utilise the Californian legal method of ‘three strikes and you’re out’ – meaning just three misdemeanours, no matter how small, and you’re locked up and the key thrown away. This would clean up most town centres overnight, whilst ensuring smaller class sizes in our schools and colleges.
New facility in Spain will process up to 400,000 tonnes of local citrus from 57 suppliers to produce up to 100 million litres of juice
Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, and Zumos Valencianos del Mediterraneo S.A. (Zuvamesa), a consortium of 57 fresh citrus producers, announce the start of production at one of the biggest and most modern not-from-concentrate (NFC) juice plants in Europe.
Revolutionary treatment launched to combat insects in food manufacturing industry
Wednesday 3rd March, 2010: Following three years of research and extensive testing, Rentokil can announce a new chemical-free pest control process called ‘Entotherm’ http://www.rentokil.co.uk/technical-support/our-products-and-services/insect-control/entotherm/index.html which can eliminate insect pests that affect the food manufacturing industry through the application of dry transferrable heat. The treatment is quick and efficient to apply, and reaches all areas of infestation. Developed with its partner The Revival Group, the heat treatment will revolutionise the way that Rentokil treats all insects in food processing and manufacturing facilities.
Rentokil and Initial Foodguard join forces to eliminate pests from factory premises
12th January 2010: Rentokil and Initial Foodguard today announce a new joint service, the Unique Business Protection System, for the food manufacturing industry. The new service combines expert pest control by Rentokil and specialist food factory cleaning by Initial Foodguard to help prevent insect and rodent infestations across all stages of food manufacture, ensuring audit success and providing cost efficiency.
Coeliac UK, the national charity for people with coeliac disease, announces today, 2nd March 2010 at Hotelympia that celebrity chef Phil Vickery is their new Food Ambassador and that he will be judging this year’s Gluten-Free Chef of the Year competition.
The competition is launched in association with the Institute of Hospitality and the Craft Guild of Chefs for chefs throughout the UK to design a three course gluten-free meal with a cook-off for the three finalists in each group which will take place at KNORR’S Kitchen Culinary Business Development Centre in Leatherhead in November 2010.
Investing in a few simple safety measures could safeguard both personnel and equipment, reducing accidents, and thus avoiding any possible costly personal injury claims, as well as saving companies expensive repair bills and disruptive downtime.
Market-leading loading and unloading equipment specialists Thorworld Industries Ltd offers a comprehensive range of safety aids and accessories, all designed to provide a safer, more productive working environment and to help fulfil some of the statutory health and safety obligations, where failure to comply could lead to a serious fine.
A new web-based ‘eco-street’ has been launched by sustainability experts Envirowise to help those running restaurants to identify resource efficiency hot spots and cost saving opportunities.
The Envirowise Virtual Tour, known as Green Street, has been created using advanced web technology and allows users to explore an animated world via their computer and is complete with a virtual restaurant.
Helping equipment manufacturers, plant integrators and end users reduce costs, add value and improve efficiencies
As part of an ambitious growth strategy, Halo Ltd (tel: 01635 201768; visit: www.halotraining.co.uk) has entered into a partnership agreement with the Process and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) to offer a range of innovative multimedia based ‘On Demand’ e-learning and support packages to members and the end-user community in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.