Advances in mobile technology are increasing the number of consumer products with smart barcodes. Although this development is encouraging more sustainable products, Organic Monitor believes the implications are far reaching and could eventually lead to the demise of some eco-labels.
Eco-labels currently play an important role in marking sustainable products. Indeed, green symbols and logos are becoming ubiquitous on foods, cosmetics, household cleaning products, textiles, furniture and even toys. However, some consumers are becoming disillusioned with eco-labels because of the shortcomings of many standards and the lack of transparency. According to Organic Monitor, a growing number of consumers are now turning to mobile technology applications to meet their informational needs.
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Ishida Europe has launched an enhanced version of its weigher for the handling of granular products, which can be easily damaged by auger or volumetric cup fillers.
The new range of high speed cut-gate weighers feature a newly designed weigh-hopper that minimises the discharge time of the weighed product, without spillage, along with an enhanced cut-gate mechanism, to improve product feeding, and a three times faster processing capability. These features deliver even faster weighing speeds, up to 30 weighments per minute per head depending on product type, whilst being gentle and accurate.
The cut-gate weigher offers precise weighing for all types of granular products such as detergents, freeze-dried coffee, tea and other drink granules, sugar, salt and couscous. Ishida says, the weigher is three times more accurate than conventional filling or dosing systems.
Read more...When one thinks of getting payments for invoices they have just issued, they probably think a 30-day turn around might be more of a pipe dream. This is probably because they do not have the right document management and delivery solution in place.
Read more...Danone South Africa is joining the trend for traditional drinks to introduce trendy new variants with a smooth version of its fermented dairy product, Inkomazi Amasi.
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At Interpack, Germany 2011, Bizerba will be presenting new inspection systems for manual and fully-automated production lines that use X-ray and camera technology.
Using these systems, foodstuff manufacturers can increase their product safety and also meet the requirements of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) guidelines and the International Food Standards (IFS).
