The food processing sector has various sectors including consumer foods (snacks, beverages, etc.), dairy, meat and poultry, fish, grains and cereals, and fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables and meat and poultry take the lion’s share of about 40 percent of the total household consumption.
Technology, mainly IT, has helped the industry evolve from just preserving and packaging food to manufacturing foodstuff according to consumer demand. However, it is yet to take full advantage of technology to reduce wastage. The other main problems are lack of credit; lack of clarity in government policies and in food safety laws; and shortage of employable manpower.
Food Processing
The food processing sector has various sectors including consumer foods (snacks, beverages, etc.), dairy, meat and poultry, fish, grains and cereals, and fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables and meat and poultry take the lion’s share of about 40 percent of the total household consumption.
Technology, mainly IT, has helped the industry evolve from just preserving and packaging food to manufacturing foodstuff according to consumer demand. However, it is yet to take full advantage of technology to reduce wastage. The other main problems are lack of credit; lack of clarity in government policies and in food safety laws; and shortage of employable manpower.
Food Processing Equipment
This industry uses a huge variety of specialized equipment to turn raw food into food products at scale. Because there are so many different types of food processing, the machines involved can place very different operational stresses on bearings and similar components.
Some of these machines are run almost 24/7: that’s the only way to maximize production in this high-volume industry. This means stoppages for maintenance, critical failures, and contamination problems all represent serious threats to efficient production to meet all orders in time. In this context, it’s very important to carefully match component materials to their prospective environment.
