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Principles For Hygienic Factory Design

Here is a short and very simple article on designing a factory that would meet the FDA's requirements.

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I find the well structured approach, via six focus areas, and the simple first person language easy to read and absorb.

 

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Decanter, Separator and Process Line Food Processes

GEA is an enormous processing equipment group that includes previous independent processors such as Westfalia, Wiegand, APV Kestner and Niro from the days when I still worked in processing.

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This website is that of the separator, decanter and process line part of their business. It [...]

Production of Foods From Marula, Monkey Orange and Embee

This paper looks in some detail at the production of juice, jam, jelly and muffins from Marula, Monkey Orange and Embee.

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The results are good and show a high degree of acceptance for the products made.

However, having just been looking at some of [...]

Some Good Data on Sun and Solar Drying

I have always been a promoter of sun and solar drying, because they allow people to convert perishable fruit, often available at low or no cost during the season, into a stable product that can be stored until the next season at almost no or low cost.

This article provides some good information on [...]

APV Whitepaper on CIP & Sanitation – Free Online Manual

This is a simple but complete coverage of CIP and sanitation in food manufacturing [...]

Mobile Processing

Mobile processing always comes up in brainstorming as a way of reducing capital investment in small scale food processing enterprises. Here is one I had not seen or considered.

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A previous post describes a transportable abattoir and I have seen transportable essential oil and a hammer [...]

Mad River Food Hub – renting Processing Capacity

This processing centre in the USA appears to have managed to set itself up to support small scale processors, unlike many failed African attempts I have seen. It seems a sensible approach and I would really like to hear about successful businesses similar to this in Africa. But let's look at this one first.

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Ultra High Temperature (UHT) Plant for National Food Technology Research Centre (NFTRC

NFTRC of Botswana had installed a UHT pilot food processing plant at it Kanye laboratories.

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Turning the theory into practice is a great opportunity, that NFTRC will hopefully address with processing entrepreneurs.

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Troubleshooting Food Processing – Free Online Information

Here is some more advice from Wayne Morley of Leatherhead, based on many years of experience.

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Dairy Processing Introduction – Free Online Information

If you are looking at starting a new dairy business, this is a really good but simple starting point.

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