Archives for February 9, 2004

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Health factor driving water sales worldwide

Increasing concerns about the healthiness of soft drinks may have done little to dent sales of colas and other sugar-laden fizzy drinks (not least because of the proliferation 'low and light' variants of these drinks) but they have certainly had a...

A clearer picture for food safety

Loma Systems, a leading global manufacturer of checkweighers, metal detectors and X-ray systems for the food industry, is launching the Xe, the latest addition to its x-ray range at Foodex Meatex. The company claims that the new range is capable of...

Bottling goes hi-tech

Food manufacturers on both sides of the Atlantic will soon be obliged by law to keep detailed records of the supply chain. As a result, more and more bottling and packaging lines are adopting IT technology to meet market - and legislative - demands.