FORKLIFT AND PALLETTRUCKSHEALTH AND SAFETYINTERNATIONALFood&DrinkFood&Drinkwww.fdiforum.netJULY 2018£3.50 STERLINGON THE SHELFFood forthoughtFood forthought01.qxp_Layout 1 25/06/2018 14:36 Page 1It is safe to bet that foods and beverages benefit from aseptic packaging. It is also safe to say that fi lling machines have to work reliably. Fortunately, there is OXTERIL® hydrogen peroxide and PERACLEAN® peracetic acid from Evonik. Our products have been tailored to a variety of processes and come recommended by leading machine manufacturers who count on them to keep food safe and your packaging lines working their best.You can trust and benefit from our many years of experience and our strong eye for trends.FUTURIZE PEROXIDE – The peroxide experts at Evonik. Contact us. It’s a safe bet that we'll be able to help you!More information is available under http://bit.ly/evonik-asepticAseptic packaging with Evonik – defi nitely safe!Learn more in our free eBook underactive-oxygens.evonik.com02.qxp_Layout 1 25/06/2018 12:10 Page 1ContentsJuly 2018This magazine is now fully recyclable. By recyclingmagazines, you can help reduce waste and add tothe 5.5 million tonnes of paper already recycledby the UK paper industry each year. Before yourecycle your magazine, please ensure you removeall plastic wrapping, free gifts and samples. FoodandDrinkInternational@fdiforumwww.fdiforum.netcompany/fdiforumNews 4• General news • On line - production news• On the shelf - new products and initiatives Import and export12 Food trade relations between Canada and theUnited States have come under the spotlightof late. Food and Drink International exploreswhat the future of this increasingly tenserelationship holds and how Canada is tappinginternational marketsForklift and pallet trucks16 Improving efficiency and lowering operatingcosts, automation is the next big thing forpallet trucks and forklifts within the food anddrink industryEngineering and components20Efficiency in the supply chain often getsconflated to mean productivity, though theseterms exist as separate entities, rather thanbeing synonymous of one another. It might bebetter to say that achieving productivity isachieved through the implementation of moreefficient processes along the production lineMeet the experts 26Over the next page we illustrate the huge arrayof successful companies that exist across thefood and drink industry and invite them toshare their expertisePouch packaging28Packaging has long been a sector on themove, but pouch packaging is an innovationsprinting to successHealth and safety32Matters of hygiene are paramount in the foodand drink industry, as is health and safety.Innovations in the sector are less aboutreinventing the wheel, and more on makingthose processes more efficient• Hillbrush Q&AGroup Editor: Steve Fisher (s.fisher@blmgroup.co.uk) Editor:Michael Fisher (m.fisher@blmgroup.co.uk) Editor’s PA: Angela Sharman (a.sharman@blmgroup.co.uk)Journalists: Stuart Pearcey (s.pearcey@blmgroup.co.uk)Dominic Cuthbert (d.cuthbert@blmgroup.co.uk)Tess Egginton (t.egginton@blmgroup.co.uk)Sales Director: Teri Cooper (t.cooper@blmgroup.co.uk)Sales Manager: Sam Trott (s.trott@blmgroup.co.uk)Sales: Vicky Hunt (v.hunt@blmgroup.co.uk)Kimberley Read (k.read@blmgroup.co.uk)Tel: +44 (0) 1472 310302 Accounts & Subscriptions: John Downes (j.downes@blmgroup.co.uk)Design & Production: Gary Jorgensen, Mark Casson(studio@blmgroup.co.uk)Editorial:Tel: +44 (0) 1472 310305, Email:fdi@blmgroup.co.ukPart of the Business Link Magazine Group: Armstrong House, Armstrong Street,Grimsby, N E Lincs DN31 2QE EnglandAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may bereproduced, transmitted, photocopied, recorded orotherwise without express permission of the copyrightholder, for which application should be addressed first tothe publisher. While every reasonable care is taken, neitherthe publisher nor its participating agents accept liability forloss or damage to prints, colour transparencies, negatives orother material of whatever nature submitted to thispublication. The views expressed in this publication are notnecessarily the views of those held by the publisher.International connection40Franciacorta must surely be one of Italy'sbest kept secrets, a region that producessparkling wines with more structure,complexity and finesse than those madeelsewhere in ItalyDairy42The continuing global trend for alterativelactose products has placed a tremendouspressure on the dairy sector. Food and DrinkInternational explores how the industry canfight back and adaptThe International Cheese andDairy Awards44It’s that time of year again when cheese anddairy producers the world over choose theirbest products to enter into The InternationalCheese and Dairy Awards in the hope ofwinning one of the many coveted awards andreceiving approval and recognition for thequality of their productsEvents46Your chance to keep abreast of forthcomingexhibitions and food fairs from around theworldClassified 49Food & Drink Diary 50MAIN: SHUTTERSTOCK/DAVE DENBY • TOP: HIGGIDY• MIDDLE: SHUTTERSTOCK/ALESSIA PIERDOMENICO• BOTTOM: UNIGLOVES03.qxp_Layout 1 25/06/2018 14:38 Page 1Fair for Life certification for UKraw chocolate producer, OmbarOmbar, the leading producer of rawchocolate in the UK, is now certified asFair For Life, an internationallyrecognised programme for Fair Tradeand Responsible Supply Chains.The Fair for Life certification is athird party certification system thatensures the ingredients used areproduced and handled by those withgenuine fair trade and sociallyresponsible practices all the way to thefinished product, and also allows allproducers and workers who are at asocio-economic disadvantage toaccess a wider range of social andeconomic benefits.This ties in to the existing work Ombar are doing in Ecuador – theorigin of their premium raw cacao – where they have a permanentteam member working directly with small farming co-operatives. Ombar Founder Richard Turner comments: “Our new certificationwith Fair For Life is testament to our constant commitment tomission-driven trade as a driving force for positive and sustainablechange.”Antibiotic usage down in British poultrymeat sectorAntibiotic usage has fallen 82% among theBritish poultry meat sector over the last six years,according to the British Poultry Council (BPC).According to its 2018 Antibiotic StewardshipReport 91% reduction in the use ofFluoroquinolones (Critically Important Antibioticfor human health) in the last six years (2012-2017)John Reed, BPC Chairman, said: “Poultry is half of the meat eaten in the UK and we use lessthan 9.7% of the total antibiotics licensed for food producing animals.“We have successfully reduced our antibiotic use by 82% in the last six years and havestopped all preventative treatments as well as the use of colistin.“The highest priority antibiotics that are critically important for humans are used only as a ‘lastresort’.“Through BPC Antibiotic Stewardship, the British poultry meat sector is delivering excellencein bird health and welfare by monitoring and reviewing on-farm management practices andensuring responsible use of antibiotics throughout our supply chain.”news4 Food & Drink Internationalwww.fdiforum.netSustainable growthcreates new jobs atPooling Partners IPP Logipal, part of Pooling Partners,Europe’s leading pooler and manufacturer ofwooden pallets, is reporting a record firstquarter for the UK and Ireland and the creationof new jobs.The Coventry-based company has furtherextended its sales volumes by more than 1.6million extra pallets per annum – the same asthe growth recorded for the whole of 2017.IPP pool pallets travelled over two billionpallet miles on behalf of Pooling Partnersclients in 2017, a record that is also set to bebeaten this year.The business, which has further extended itssenior management line-up with theappointment of Dominic Byrne as OperationsManager, is also set to invest in its businessdevelopment team to maintain this growthmomentum.Phil Storer, UK Director of Pooling Partners,said: “We are a people business as they makeall the difference. So, we are constantly lookingfor the great people to join the company andmaintain this fantastic performance.” Goodbye warm beer! Say hello to Polarcleanfrom John GuestJohn Guest, pioneers of the push-fitconnection technology, have done it againwith a ground-breaking tube-in-tube beerdispense system, Polarclean. The system isdesigned to overcome detrimental effects onbeer quality caused by less efficienttraditional contact cooling systems, byenveloping the beer tube with a recirculatingcoolant tube.Most pub and restaurant owners will be aware of how difficult it can be to achieve consistentlycold draught beer temperature in-glass without fobbing. Also keeping beer conditionedthroughout the system is particularly important to maintain beer quality and freshness. Polarclean offers the most effective solution to these problems with its tube-in-tubetechnology. The beer is chilled in the tube-in-tube python the moment it leaves the keg,ensuring it is kept consistently cold throughout its journey to the glass.The Polarclean system utilises the coolant from the cooler’s waterbath to recirculate aroundthe entire system. This promotes end-to-end temperature consistency and reduces flash-coolingtemperature variation. SIG and GE Digital to drive food andbeverage packaging into IoT eraSIG and GE Digital have announced astrategic partnership to power digitalinnovation in food and beverage packaging.SIG will deploy GE Digital’s Predix AssetPerformance Management (APM) andPredix ServiceMax industrial applicationsacross more than 400 customer factoriesworldwide to drive new levels of efficiency,create intelligent solutions and enable newpossibilities for its customers. This unique combination will enable SIGto build an end-to-end digital platform thatwill bring a new level of insight and data-driven intelligence to its customersworldwide – helping them and SIGtransform how they predict, manage andservice the entire lifecycle of SIG filling lines. By automatically collectingand analysing asset data, SIG and their customers can move beyondtraditional asset monitoring and predictive service models to reimaginetheir supply chain, enhance quality control technologies and evolve theirportfolio mix.The initial deployment is expected to go live in July 2018 with the globalrollout anticipated to begin in January 2019. Dominic Byrne© Shutterstock/ AFPics04-11.qxp_Layout 1 26/06/2018 09:03 Page 1 Air Grip is a patented, efficient, safe and flexible bottle gripper for MOTOMAN® robots developed to meet the demands for a flexible application in bottling plants. With Air Grip it’s possible to handle up to 47 000 bottles/hour with only two robots helping you to experience a trouble-free high capacity production with minimal downtime and low air pressure requirement. The same basic concept can be used for both large and small production capacities and for a variety of purposes. It is easy to use, has a long lifespan and handles the majority of glass or plastic bottles types and trays.Contact YASKAWA UK Ltdsalesuk@yaskawa.eu.com Tel: +44 (0) 1295 272755Get a Grip On Your BottlesAir Grip is a patented, efficient, safe and flexible bottle gripper for MOTOMAN® robots developed to meet the demands for a flexible application in bottling plants. With Air Grip it’s possible to handle up to 47 000 bottles/hour with only two robots helping you to experience a trouble-free high capacity production with minimal downtime and low air pressure requirement. The same basic concept can be used for both large and small production capacities and for a variety of purposes. It is easy to use, has a long lifespan and handles the majority of glass or plastic bottles types and trays.Fast, reliable and flexible bottle handlingwith MOTOMAN® robots and patented Air Grip tool Find out more at: www.airgrip.com AB17-1106_F&D_INT04-11.qxp_Layout 1 26/06/2018 09:03 Page 2news6 Food & Drink Internationalwww.fdiforum.netCSB-System solution improvedlogistics and minimises errors An IT solution from CSB-System isenabling leading fish processingcompany Norfisk handle sales andlogistics for Germany, Austria,Switzerland and the Czech Republic –some 40,000 pallets annually – from asingle operation in Wismar, Mecklenburg.The system is providing full traceabilityas well as ensuring compliance with EUfood information regulations. It coversthe entire operation from goods andstock receiving through packaging andlabelling to final shipping, includinginvoice management and evaluation,such as gross margin. Other benefitsinclude a reduction in both bufferstorage requirements and error ratesduring picking.At the Wismar cold storage warehouse, the use of scanners for pickingmeans that errors during the customer-specific collection of items arenow virtually zero, as are incidents of loading goods with an incorrect sell-by date. Electronic delivery notes indicate if anything is missing.As a result, Norfisk can supply product to food retailers on a daily basis,with an order lead-time of two days.Britain to produce paper straws as retailersditch single-use plasticsPaper straws are set to be produced in the UK againafter a forty year hiatus as retailers and restaurants moveaway from single-use plastics.Transcend Packaging, which was established last yearby veteran players in the packaging industry, will produceeco-friendly paper straws and folding cartons thissummer.The company was selected by McDonald’s UK andIreland as the restaurant ditches single-use plastic straws for a more environmentally-friendlyalternative. The move to paper straws beginning in September with complete slated for 2019.Transcend Packaging works in partnership with local and regional government, leadingcompanies and the wider public to provide eco-friendly packaging solutions enabling businessgrowth while preserving a healthy environment for future generations.Managing Director Lorenzo Angelucci said: “Spurred on by Sir David Attenborough’s BluePlanet series we hope that Transcend’s new range of environmentally friendly products will bepart of the solution for a greener world.”Quorn eliminatingblack plasticpackaging from itssupply chainQuorn Foods plans to eliminate more than297 tonnes of black plastic packaging from itssupply chain by the end of June 2018.With the April 2017 WRAP announcementthat black plastic was not being recycled bylocal authorities instead being sent to landfill,the company’s packaging strategy group metto formulate a plan to remove black plastic fromits supply chain as quickly as possible.As a result, the company is eliminatingunrecyclable black plastic from its products.Since April 2018, black plastic has been phasedout of the majority of Quorn packaging,including some of its bestselling products suchas chilled Quorn Mince and Pieces.In June 2018, in-store packaging of the vastmajority of the chilled range will move to whiteand opaque recyclable plastics. This change will replace 297 tonnes of blackplastic with clear and opaque, recyclablealternatives, supporting the WRAP initiativeagainst unsustainable packaging.On-the-go combidome convenience forPfanner’s lifestyledrinks SIG continues to fulfil its ongoing promise toturn the challenges of food and beveragemanufacturers into viable commercial solutions. Pfanner, an internationally active premiummanufacturer of juices and fruit juice drinks, isprogressing its close cooperation with SIG as itchooses the innovative carton bottlecombidome 500 ml for its new range of ‘Supersäfte’ healthy on-the-go drinks.Targeted at busy millennials, who prefer to consume healthily on-the-go, Pfanner’s innovativeSupersäfte range of lifestyle drinks is a stand out product that appeals to a younger, highlymotivated and mobile demographic. Working jointly with SIG to create a complete productconcept, from product ideas and recipes to overall marketing, the decision was made usecombidome 500 ml as the perfect packaging solution. Pfanner first started to use combidomein its 1.0 litre fruit juice range back in 2016, moving from the gable-top carton for the first timein 18 years.Food safety standard updatedto serve evolving supply chainBusiness standardscompany BSI has publishedthe revised internationalstandard for food safetymanagement.ISO 22000:2018 ‘Foodsafety management systems– requirements for anyorganisation in the foodchain’ provides a frameworkbased on best practice forany organisation, from asmall, family-owned farm to a multi-national food service outlet, toimplement a comprehensive food safety management system.The World Health Organisation estimates that one in ten peoplefall ill and 420,000 die because of contaminated food every year.The updated version of ISO 22000 – first published in 2005 –works to reduce this by helping food organizations implement foodsafety management systems that defend against the potentialhazards and risks that lead to contamination.By combining the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle to manage businessrisk with HACCP to identify, prevent and control food safetyhazards, ISO 22000 helps organizations to reduce exposure to riskand improve safety.© Shutterstock/ Lyudmila Shabalovskaya© Shutterstock/ Bankrx© Quorn Foods04-11.qxp_Layout 1 26/06/2018 09:03 Page 3Cargill meets demand forBelgian chocolate withMouscron facility investmentCargill is investingan additional 12million in a new liquidchocolate productionline in its Mouscronproduction facility inBelgium to meet therising demand forpremium Belgianchocolate.The investmentincreases the company’s capacity to produce milk and dark chocolateand creates up to 10 new local jobs.Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business will open the world-classproduction line in the last quarter of 2018.The new production line will help food manufacturers innovate in amarket characterized by rapidly changing consumer preferences andexpectations, Cargill said.Inge Demeyere, Managing Director for Cargill’s chocolates andcompound activities in Europe, said: “Indulgence is a key driver of thedemand for premium chocolate.“With the new production line, we will be able to better meetBelgium’s chocolate needs – and offer more quality Belgian chocolateto customers in other global markets who want to benefit from thecountry’s world-class reputation.”© urbanbuzz / Shutterstock.comTo advertise your services on the news pages contact us on 01472 310302Gov urged to adopt traffic lightsystem to fix food label chaosAn investigation into adult breakfast cereals has revealed thatinconsistent packaging information risks misleading consumers abouttheir sugar, salt and fat intake.Which? is now calling for traffic light food labelling to be mademandatory after Brexit to put an end to potentially misleading labels.Many supermarket own-brands have adopted the traffic lightscheme voluntarily but household names such as Kellogg’s arelagging behind, leaving consumers faced with a bewildering range ofinformation about nutrition and portion sizes.Which? believes consumers would be far better served if allmanufacturers used the traffic light nutrition labelling scheme, whichshows whether levels of sugar, salt and fat are high, medium or lowusing red, amber and green traffic light colours – and is based on theamount per 100g. This would make it easier to compare acrossproducts, regardless of the portion size suggested.Because of current EU rules, this kind of labelling on the front ofpacks is only a voluntary requirement.04-11.qxp_Layout 1 26/06/2018 09:03 Page 48 Food & Drink Internationalwww.fdiforum.netApetit invests €9.7m in Finnish pattyproduction lineApetit is investing €9.7 million in a new patty andball production line at its Säkylä plant in Finland.The line will produce vegetable- and fish-basedpatties and balls, the company said, as well as othernew vegetable-based value-added products.Construction begins in August 2018 andproduction is estimated to begin in June 2019.The new line doubles the production capacityand aims to meet the current demand and enablesnew products to be produced for domestic andinternational markets.Apetit said that, in the future, its investment will enable a “more versatile productdevelopment in relation to e.g. product shapes, a raw material base and new flavours, and theproduction of entirely new types of vegetable-based products”.on lineMoy Park bolstersproduction sites with£18m investmentPoultry producer Moy Park has invested over£18 million across a number of its sites inLincolnshire, UK.The investment is part of a widerprogramme focussed on enhancing operationsacross its agriculture and processing facilities,boosting production to a record 6 million birdsper week in response to growing customerdemand.At its Anwick facility in Lincolnshire, MoyPark has completed a £6 million investmentwhich saw the company refresh the factory’slayout and install state-of-the-art equipmentincluding robotic and automation technology.A £12 million investment is also underway atthe company’s nearby Grantham facility whichwill see the installation of new, high-tech mixingand processing equipment as well as thecreation of Moy Park’s first fully contained“Free From” factory within the Grantham site.This follows the opening of a £20 millionstate-of-the-art hatchery at Newark-on-Trent inNottinghamshire by the firm. Hatching 2.5million chicks per week, it is the largest single-build hatchery in the UK.Mondelēz invests $200m in Czech biscuitplant to boostEuropean growthMondelēz International has invested $200million since 2014 in its Opava biscuitmanufacturing facility, which produces Oreo,belVita, Milka and Cadbury for the Europeanmarket.“The investment in our Opava plant is a greatexample of our global effort to build a world-classsupply chain that reduces complexity andincreases flexibility while being cost-conscious,” said Daniel Myers, Executive Vice President,Integrated Supply Chain.Hubert Weber, EVP and President, Mondelēz Europe, added: “The five state-of-the-artmanufacturing Lines of the Future installed here have enabled us to improve the speed,efficiency, effectiveness and quality of our biscuit production, while improving competitivenessin the European market.“The modern production lines enable us to meet growing demand from European consumersfor our Power Brands, while other factories in our network continue to produce the local andregional heritage brands that consumers have loved for generations.”Bespoke stainless steel duplex,triplex, multiplex filter systemsAxium Process’ robust and versatileduplex, triplex and multiplex stainlesssteel filter systems are improvingprocess efficiencies and providingsubstantial cost savings in respect ofreduced downtime and screendisposal costs for processors operatingin the pharmaceutical, food, beverage,confectionery and chemical industries. Engineered to cater for footprint,flow rate and dirt loading restrictions,the company’s duplex, triplex andmultiplex filter options are ideallysuited for applications where stagefiltering is a requirement. Axium’s standard range of stainlesssteel filters provide filtration levels from5 micron up to 6000 micron and are available with stainless steelwedge-wire or sintered mesh screens. Manufactured in 316L stainlesssteel to a high specification, the filters are simple and easy to maintain,have built-in safety features and require no specialist tooling. Suitable for a wide range of applications, Axium’s filters provide areliable solution for critical applications such as a pre-filter for pumps ordebris capture for CIP. Higher speedsfor reclosablepacksConfectionery, cereals andgrated cheese in reclosablepacks are among primemarkets for a new high speedbagging machine from Italianmanufacturer PFM, able toprovide fast changeoverbetween up to seven bagstyles.The new Solaris Evo bringscontinuous motion operationinto a field dominated up to now by slower intermittent machinery,allowing stand-up pouches with a zipper reclosure to be produced atspeeds up to 100 a minute.In addition, the machine incorporates two alternative film transportpaths, allowing standard pillow packs, four-side seal PFM Steelo bagsand Doy style bags to be produced without the usual downtimerequired to rotate the sealing unit between different styles.Maximum speed on standard pillow packs is 150 a minute while, onall styles of bag, seal integrity is assured by control software thatprovides a constant sealing time, irrespective of overall machinespeed.© Shutterstock/ Anton Mislawsky© Shutterstock/ AS Food studio04-11.qxp_Layout 1 26/06/2018 09:03 Page 512 & 13 September 2018 . 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