The WPO (World Packaging Organization) has just announced the list of candidates for three special awards within the WorldStar Awards 2013. One of the special awards categories is the Sustainability Award. The shortlist is made up of the Infini Bottle (Nampak Plastics Europe), the Loop Pallet (IPG Intelligent Packaging Group – Sweden), and the Mount Franklin Easy Crush (Coca-Cola Amatil – Australia). The awards will be announced on 9 May 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
The immensely popular SA Cheese Festival brings a rich variety of cheese together under one roof from 26 to 28 April at Sandringham outside Stellenbosch. The festival annually brings together several artisan cheese makers from around the country to showcase their products. Meet these passionate cheese masters that daily create small amounts of cheese with the utmost patience and care. Also taste the variety on offer by South Africa’s larger cheeseries.
From CEO, to product manager, to machine minder, every South African man can participate in the fight against cancer this November. Dairy products and beverage group Clover is throwing its weight behind this year’s Movember campaign which encourages men to register on www.movember.com and start the month clean shaven. Then, by growing moustaches through the month, awareness and funds will be raised for the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) men’s health programmes surrounding prostate and testicular cancer.
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Tile Africa Contracts recently supplied and fitted tiles at Clover plants in Port Elizabeth, Clayville, Heilbron and Bethlehem.
The plants, used for UHT processing, underwent extensive renovations and the tiles supplied had to adhere to the stringent demands of the manufacturing facilities.
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According to IDF expert, Dr Steve Holroyd, during the recent annual IDF/ISO Analytical Week held in Israel, the aim is to create infrared based methods that can detect fraudulent adulteration across the milk supply chain.
The new approach enables dairy companies to screen milk for a range of known adulterants, but is also capable of indicating whether unknown adulterants might be present. The system would allow detection at the earliest stages of the supply chain.
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