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Alliance Group investing $1 million in value-add facility in Southland

June 11, 2019

Alliance Group is investing $1 million in a new value-add facility in Southland as part of its focus on capturing more value for its products. The new facility at the company’s Lorneville plant near Invercargill […]

Good Food 4: Protein

June 7, 2019

Red meat sector representatives attending this year’s New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology (NZIFST) ‘Good Food 4’ conference in Christchurch have an interesting programme to dip into, once again. This year four main […]

The AgResearch-Massey Joint Food Science Facility is taking shape in Palmerston North

New home for meat and food science is taking shape in Palmerston North

May 23, 2019

In about eight months, Dr Gale Brightwell will be standing with colleagues at the opening of the bright new Joint Food Science Facility (JFSF) at the Massey University campus in Palmerston North. It will be […]

Guest post: improve your environmental impact with better quality gloves

April 29, 2019

There are an estimated 300 million disposable gloves used in New Zealand each year, accounting for 1,440,000 kgs of glove waste alone. Glove usage is mandated in many industries, including New Zealand’s major meat processing […]

Trust focus at NZIFST Conference

June 11, 2018

This year’s New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Techology (NZIFST) ‘In Food We Trust’ Conference has plenty on offer for red meat sector food scientists and technologists. “Consumers have become heightened to fake news […]

Comment: what does added-value mean?

April 11, 2018

Outsiders commentating on the New Zealand meat industry often confidently pronounce the sector needs to ‘add value’ to the products, but what exactly is added-value, who are you adding value for and who is getting […]

Alliance Group tests skin packaging in Hong Kong

April 10, 2018

Alliance Group has dispatched its first major shipment of product in vacuum skin tray packaging to Hong Kong following a successful trial. Skin packaging is technology that hermetically seals right to the edge of the […]

Tom Richardson addressing the 2018 AgResearch Meat Industry Workshop

MIA Focus: Disruption will drive opportunity for the red meat sector

April 6, 2018

Disruption will drive opportunity for the red meat sector, meat processors heard at the latest Meat Industry Workshops in Hamilton this year. Twenty-four speakers over two days made 14 and 15 March a very worthwhile […]

Understanding buckling boxes

October 9, 2017

Stacking cartons in humid environmental conditions has the potential to cause cartons to fail at loads much less than their overall compressive strength, research from New Zealand Crown research institute Scion suggests. With a failure […]

MIA Focus: red meat packaging technology evolving

October 9, 2017

Exploring smart thinking in food nanotechnology, new skin-packaging technology and proof-of-origin are all part of the evolving picture for New Zealand’s red meat packaging. Smart thinking in food nanotechnology will play a part in the […]

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