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What Does Your Maintenance Regimen Look Like?

A line not running at optimum efficiency and producing less than expected might only be second to unplanned downtime in terms of headaches faced in manufacturing—both of which can be caused by a weak link in the production line. We spoke to Craig Souser, president and CEO of JLS Automation, about overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), about maintenance best practices and strategies to use in order to keep a line operating at its fullest.


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Food Safety

FDA Issues Guidance for Industry on Action Levels for Lead in Baby Foods

The FDA expects over time for this guidance, together with other activities, to result in industry progressively reducing levels of lead in foods to as low as possible.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Children: Draft Guidance for Industry.” As the agency outlined in Closer to Zero, it expects over time for this guidance, together with other activities, to result in industry progressively reducing levels of lead in foods to as low as possible.


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Mix-proof valves takes the guesswork out of the CIP process
Food Safety

Make CIP an Integral Part of Your Process

In the same way you use automation to make consistent, quality products, why not use CIP to ensure germ-free cleaning every time?

You’ve automated your process and packaging and have computer-generated paper trails to show food safety and quality throughout your facility. Why wouldn’t you do the same with cleaning—wherever it’s practical? Granted, there are certain pieces of equipment you just have to take out of the process to clean manually, but for other components—like piping, some conveyor belting, certain pumps, mixers, tanks and other equipment—you can clean them in place (CIP) and have automated recordkeeping to show proof of cleaning and sanitation to regulating bodies when they ask.


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Safety across the Board

Food production facilities need equipment that runs reliably, as something unplanned down the road can result in lost production time and costly food waste.
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