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– Support has grown for a proposal to build a government-funded seafood-processing facility in Suffolk County, New York, according to local public news station WLIW.
Suffolk County Executive Edward P. Romaine said in April that he was working toward developing a plan for building more processing capacity in the county. A member of his team added that a request for proposals and a feasibility study would soon take place.
Cornell Fisheries Specialist Amanda Dauman said that the project would require more than one building and would need to be located near working fisheries.
“You need to have it where the people who need it are,” she said.
Montauk Inlet Seafood Director of Operations Amanda Jones told WLIW that the seafood sector in the area has a need for more cold storage and dockside fish-processing facilities, as the current situation drives fishers to Connecticut and Rhode Island to get their processing needs met.
– Lutz, Florida, U.S.A-based Eagle Product Inspection, which makes X-ray technology for food manufacturers, has updated its Pack 240 PRO to overcome metalized packaging challenges, addressing some of the risks associated with metalized packaging like that of tinned fish products.
“Given today’s need for strict food safety measures, regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and labor optimization, X-ray machines like Pack 240 PRO are valuable because they perform multiple functions simultaneously," Eagle Product Inspection Head of Marketing Christy Draus said. "Processors with this system can achieve greater inspection accuracy, reduce false rejects, and optimize their operations, all while maintaining throughput and regulatory standards.”
The new Pack 240 PRO includes both advanced imaging software and photon-counting X-ray technology, resulting in the industry’s highest greyscale range. This allows food processors to capture contaminant data with extraordinary sensitivity. The new system can detect through dense or metalized packaging, up to 1.5-millimeter stainless steel.
– Netherlands-based animal nutrition and health firm dsm-frimenich and animal nutrition software company A-Systems have teamed up to combine dsm-frimenich’s Sustell life cycle assessment platform with A-System’s Allix, an AI-driven feed formulation software.
The goal of the partnership is to lower the environmental footprint of animal feed.
"We are unifying our joint commitment to developing the entire farm-to-fork data ecosystem," dsm-firmenich Vice President of Sustainability and Business Solutions David Nickell said. "Sustell‘s footprinting platform is essential throughout the value chain to address sustainability challenges and unlocking significant value.”
A-System representative Bruno Duranthon said that he expected the partnership ”to revolutionize the way our users measure and manage their environmental footprint in feed production” and “contribute to a more sustainable future in feed and food while providing benefits for our customers who are determined to meet sustainable practices.”
