bstract. 3-D scanning has become increasingly popular in a wide ange of applications. We present a prototype 3-D/stereoscopic canning system based on a cheap, readily available flatbed scaner. Stereoscopic imaging is achieved by modifying the optical path f the ordinary flatbed scanner. The results of 3-D imaging using our rototype system are demonstrated, and a number of design lternatives are...

The modern food processing industry began in 1810 when Nicolas Appert invented the canning process. This was followed by the invention of a mechanical ammonia refrigeration system in 1875. In the 1860s Louis Pasteur had discovered the connection between the micro-organism and food spoilage, this put the development of food processing and preservation techniques on a firm scientific foundation. ...

The life of Tillie Lewis exemplifies key moments in American food history from the rise of the canning industry to wartime rations to the craze for diet food. Her biography was consciously manipulated and fashioned through the years to make it a quintessential rags-to-riches story. Nonetheless, her accomplishments stand out, marking her as a brilliantly successful woman in an industry dominated...

In October 2012, two persons fell ill with symptoms consistent with staphylococcal food poisoning after eating home-canned tuna fish and tomatoes. Laboratory investigation detected the enterotoxins in the home-canned tuna and molecular analysis of the isolated Staphylococcus aureus confirmed it carried toxin genes. Qualitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and enzime linked fluorescent assa...

The effect of salinity on aerobic granular sludge treating fish-canning wastewater was evaluated through a biofilm model. addition inhibition term to the model could accurately describe reactor performance with different salinities.

The citrus canning industry generates large quantities of processing water rich in phytochemical compounds during the sequential acidic and alkaline removal of the citrus segments membrane. However, this processing water was discharged as an effluent causing high chemical oxygen demand (COD). In the present research, a pilot scale process was designed to simultaneously recover pectin and a low ...

Protecting recreational water quality where 'whole-of-body contact' activities occur is important from a public health and economic perspective. Numerous studies have demonstrated that infectious illnesses occur when swimming in faecally polluted waters. With the release of the 2008 Australian recreational water guidelines, the Western Australian (WA) Department of Health conducted a formal eva...