Modified Atmosphere Packaging (M.A.P) is used to extend the shelf life of fresh food products. All foods e.g. red meat and bread, have different gas compositions. Red meat needs high levels of oxygen to maintain the red colour, vegetables usually need a three-gas mixture and bread requires low levels of oxygen to avoid mould. The main cause of the spoilage of food is the growth of microbes such as yeasts, bacteria and mould which are present all around us. These microbes cause the food to go...

Each month we will be looking into an industry. This March we are looking into the food industry. Stay tuned to our socials for videos and more blogs Week 1 We begin with micro-organisms. We will be taking a look at environmental monitoring and food process contamination. MicroSnap Range Petrifilm Range Hygiena™ EnSURE Touch Luminometer 3M™ Clean-Trace™ LM1 Hygiene Monitoring and Management System Week 2 Provide your facility with rapid and accurate hygiene verification...

The largest celebration of beer and folk festival activities in the world will be starting this weekend with Oktoberfest kicking off on 21st September. Each year the official host city,  Munich in Germany, attracts more than six million people from around the world. Pubs and pop up bars will be using CO2 in abundance as they satisfy the demand for refreshing beverages including around seven million litres of beer. Where else is Oktoberfest? The festivities aren’t just limited to Germany,...

A Guide To Personal CO2 Safety Monitoring The safety of your staff and customers within your workplace or facility is a high priority, this includes keeping personnel safe from CO2 leaks and gas exposure. Ensuring ventilation in confined areas and places where gas is used and stored is important, but not the only answer. Ventilation of an area often relies on people’s judgement when they need to open a window or switch on a fan. A personal safety monitor will take all the guesswork out of...

Delving into the world of the burger with a handy infographic to show which product is used in every stage of a burger. From the bread to the surface you prepare it on, you need to test, analyse and clean. Testing bread with a 3M™ Gluten Protein Rapid Kit Streamline your process and simplify your food allergen testing with 3M Allergen Protein Rapid Tests – qualitative immunochromatographic assays for rapid in-plant monitoring of specific food allergens. For more information about...

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) is a UK-based technology innovation centre and the process arm of the High Value Manufacturing, Catapult. CPI enables businesses to develop, prove, prototype and scale up the next generation of products and processes.  CPI operates across a broad range of technologies including; Industrial Biotechnology, Printable Electronics, Formulation and Biologics. They offer experienced scientists, engineers, scale up experts, process operators and...

Geotech Achieves Global Accreditation on CO2 Laboratory Monitoring Platform A world leader in the design and manufacture of gas analysis technology, Geotech has announced that its G100 laboratory analyser has become the first in the industry to receive the international ISO 17025 certification, following detailed assessments conducted by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). The G100 is a portable analyser used by the global medical and scientific community to enable the quick...

Why do you need a CO2 monitor? Carbon Dioxide (CO2) occurs naturally in the Earth’s atmosphere at a rate of 400 parts per million (ppm), but its odourless and colourless nature makes CO2 monitors essential. The level of CO2 normally in the atmosphere is harmless, but an increase of levels of the gas in a work environment can have serious health effects and in extreme cases be fatal. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is used in incubators, cryogenic laboratories, sample transportation, cell culture but...

Gas Monitoring Flexibility With The Ax60+ Following on from the success of their AX60, Analox has launched an updated version of their popular carbon dioxide monitor, the AX60+ Wall Mounted Multi-Gas Detector. This highly anticipated oxygen sensor variant is available from June 2017 giving users more flexibility with monitoring. Previously if you used carbon dioxide alongside inert gases such as nitrogen, helium and argon, two separate gas monitors. With the Ax60+ you can monitor them all on...

Gas Monitoring In The Beverage Industry Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the main gas used in the beverage industry, used to carbonate and deliver beer and soft drinks. CO2 is colourless, odourless and non-flammable gas which at normal atmospheric levels is harmless. High levels of CO2 can cause serious health problems and even death, having a detection unit can save lives. Good gas safety equipment and procedures can protect your staff from danger. CO2 gas is also created in significant quantities...