PETpla.net Insider 11 / 2014

It’s good to share Join in the debate and share knowledge at blog.KNOWLEDGEshare.com KNOWLEDGEshare is an industry forum comprising a digital community of senior industry players and thought leaders, supported by annual KNOWLEDGEshare Live events. The above articles are just a small selection of the many industry-wide topics that are being discussed right now. To learn more about these and other topics, or to share your own knowledge and join in the discussions, please visit blog.knowledgeshare.com. What do astronauts and beverage producers have in common? HACCP! No, it’s not a bad joke. Introduced in the 1960s, by the Pillsbury Company in the US, the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point system (HACCP) was designed to ensure the highest quality food for astronauts in the space programme. Since then it has spread worldwide. Today following its principles is a legal requirement for all food and beverage producers in Europe and North America. In his latest post at KNOWLEDGEshare.com, Knuth Lorenzen (President of the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group) explains why these principles are so important for today’s modern beverage producer. Read more at knowledgeshare.com/haccp Prediction: “We will see lights out bottling plants within the next 10–15 years” In a recent post from another KNOWLEDGEshare.com contributor, John Henry (CEO of changeover.com) explains why fully automated “lights out” beverage production could be a reality sooner than we think. If so, then according to Mr. Henry we need to start rethinking traditional changeover and clean-in-place (CIP) processes… Read more at knowledgeshare.com/lightsout Are consumers at risk from caffeine drinks? A recent World Health Organisation (WHO) study raised new concerns about caffeine levels in beverages, especially energy drinks. In a recent post on KNOWLEDGEshare.com Dr. Michaela Ellmann, a specialist lawyer for sraConsulting with many years of food industry experience, discusses the upcoming revision of the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) opinion on the safety of caffeine. According to Dr. Ellmann, recent discussions highlighted WKH IDFW WKDW WKHUH ZLOO EH D VLJQL¿FDQW UHVWUXFWXULQJ RI WKH ()6$ RSLQLRQ on caffeine, and this will be the result of a review of more than 1,000 studies. Read more at knowledgeshare.com/caffeine Regulators are demanding more recycled PET in beverage bottles France could soon impose a recycled PET (rPET) usage goal of 25% in all PET bottles. In a post on KNOWLEDGEshare.com, Chris Dow (CEO of Closed Loop Recycling) discusses what we can do as consumers and as an industry to meet the increasing demand for rPET. Read more at knowledgeshare.com/rpet - Advertisement -