Meat & Dairy
Snowbird completes major investment programme
Snowbird foods, part of the VION Food Group, has completed the latest phase of a major investment programme that will provide greater manufacturing flexibility and an enhanced service to current and potential customers. The business specialises in the manufacture of sausages, meatballs and other products. With an Ishida multi-head weigher and an associated form, fill and seal bagging machines, the company is now able to fill packs as small as 0.5 and 1 kilo, handling the same weight of sausages...
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Meat specialists use Marel robot
Three years ago, cooked meats specialists, Bröderna Nilsson of Gothenburg, Sweden, invested in an Marel PolyLine to help them meet the increasing demand for their wide range of high quality beef, turkey, chicken and ham products. Research by the University of Lincoln shows that the use of robotic methods to handle pre-sliced, ready to eat, meat products presents the user with the opportunity to reduce initial bacterial loadings and as a result it is possible to extend the shelf life of the...
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