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Article: Berry grower hand-picks x-ray system: inspection system gets top marks from Adkin Blue Ribbon Packing Co., which uses it to more precisely inspect cases of blueberries before they go out the door.(x-ray inspection)
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- Packaging Digest
- Article date:
- August 1, 2009
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To Adkin Blue Ribbon Packing Co., its new x-ray inspection system could be called the "berries." Located in South Haven, MI, deep in prime blueberry growing country, the grower/packer of cultivated blueberries for fresh and frozen distribution is harvesting rewards since adding the x-ray inspection equipment to its sorting and packing line. The equipment, a POWERx C600 x-ray system from from Thermo Fisher Scientific, helps Adkin prevent product contamination and ensure that its packaging is thoroughly inspected for defects.
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One of the country's largest blueberry growers, Adkin farms 1,100 acres of ...