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inline filler/seamer. Hand-cut ingredients are packed by hand into
cans before those cans go through
the seamer.
Just prior to sealing, steam flushes
out any ambient air and, once sealed,
the steam condenses and creates a
vacuum. Lids are sealed to the can
body creating a hermetic double
seam on the Angelus Seamer. This is
a highly regulated step that requires
visual inspection every 30 minutes
and a destructive inspection every
four hours of production, which involves pulling samples from each
line and destroying the can to measure each segment of the double
seal against defined parameters and
tolerances to ensure the safety and
integrity of the hermetically sealed
cans before they are released to market. After sealing, cans are washed
and put into large wagons with slatted sides to go into the retort cooking chambers, the door of which
must be closed and the cooking process initiated within 60 minutes of
sealing the first can in the batch.
Up to eight wagons can fit inside
each retort chamber. When Evanger's
renovated the new production facility, they designed a recessed area for
the retort machines so the wagons
can be rolled directly in without being lifted. Evanger's has six retorts
that were custom manufactured to
the company's proprietary specifications, with plans to install more in
the future.
Federal regulations require commercial processors of shelf stable,
low-acid canned foods in a hermetically sealed container intended to be
sold in the United States to register
each establishment and file scheduled processes with the US Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) for each
product style, container size and
type, as well as the processing method. Evanger's has invested heavily both in third-party and in-house
quality process testing to ensure
every style of food in every size can


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PET Food Processing - March 2019
CONTENTS
OFF THE LEASH - MY FAVORITE STORY
TRENDS - SOURCING RESPONSIBLY
PLANT PROFILE - A BRAND FOR THE GENERATIONS
FOOD SAFETY - RISKY BUSINESS
SMALL BUSINESS MATTERS - ALWAYS IN SEASON
REGULATORY - AUTHORITY OVERVIEW
INGREDIENTS - HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
EVENT SPOTLIGHT - COLLECTIVE EFFORT
EQUIPMENT - UNIFORM EXPERIENCE
BUSINESS STRATEGY - DREAM TEAM
EQUIPMENT - BETTER BATCHES
OPERATIONS - WAR ON TASTE
PACKAGING - SMALLER PAWPRINT
BEST IN SHOW
PATENTS TO PONDER
EVENTS
SIT, STAY, READ
AD INDEX
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - CONTENTS
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - OFF THE LEASH - MY FAVORITE STORY
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - TRENDS - SOURCING RESPONSIBLY
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - PLANT PROFILE - A BRAND FOR THE GENERATIONS
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - FOOD SAFETY - RISKY BUSINESS
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 30
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - SMALL BUSINESS MATTERS - ALWAYS IN SEASON
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 34
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - REGULATORY - AUTHORITY OVERVIEW
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 38
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - INGREDIENTS - HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 43
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 44
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - EVENT SPOTLIGHT - COLLECTIVE EFFORT
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 46
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - EQUIPMENT - UNIFORM EXPERIENCE
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 49
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 50
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 51
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 52
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - BUSINESS STRATEGY - DREAM TEAM
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 55
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 56
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - EQUIPMENT - BETTER BATCHES
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 61
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 62
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - OPERATIONS - WAR ON TASTE
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - PACKAGING - SMALLER PAWPRINT
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - BEST IN SHOW
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - 76
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - PATENTS TO PONDER
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PET Food Processing - March 2019 - EVENTS
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - SIT, STAY, READ
PET Food Processing - March 2019 - AD INDEX
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