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Contract blending and manufacture of dry food products.


Blending is carried out in a new 1,000 litre LITRE. A French measure of capacity. It is of the size of a decimetre, or one-tenth part of a cubic metre. It is equal to 61.028 cubic inches. Vide Measure.  all stainless steel stainless steel: see steel.
stainless steel

Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat.
 double blade ribbon blender, that has been specially designed to mix dry food recipes. From customer blending specifications, each ingredient is weighed out and collated before being sieved into the mixer.

After a timed mixing process, the batch is discharged through a second sieve into a bulk container and held in quarantine quarantine (kwŏr`əntēn), isolation of persons, animals, places, and effects that carry or are suspected of harboring communicable disease.  until it has been positively released by the quality control staff. Samples are taken at agreed intervals with microbiological testing being carried out at the customer's request. The factory has its own quality control laboratory for packaging and basic bacterialogical work and uses either customers' own facilities or outside laboratories for detailed microbiological or bacteriological bac·te·ri·ol·o·gy  
n.
The study of bacteria, especially in relation to medicine and agriculture.



bac·te
 assay.

The service offered is flexible, ranging from contract blending of customer supplied raw materials, to the entire manufacture of a finished retail pack, including the procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases.  of all ingredients and packaging.

Products currently manufactured include soup, desserts, cereal and home bakery mixes.
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Title Annotation:Graveley Packing
Publication:Food Trade Review
Date:Oct 1, 1995
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