Food & Bev

Throughout the food processing industry, propylene glycol is used in process heat transfer coolant systems when direct cooling with primary refrigerants is not acceptable, and the use of water alone …

Wastewater pretreatment is the process of removing pollutants from a facility’s wastewater to bring it from industrial levels of pollution (several thousand mg/L) closer to the more common residential levels …

Does your facility use meat grinders? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently sent out a reminder to keep your team members’ safe when working with this machinery. OSHA …

Since original drawings for older buildings are often lost or discarded over time, many renovation project teams must spend significant time trying to determine whether a roof can sustain additional …

The annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reports under SARA 313 for the 2023 calendar year must be submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) by July 1, 2024! …

Whether for product or ingredient storage, or to maintain product temperature during processing and packaging, facilities often contain spaces that are conditioned to low temperatures (ranging from 60°F to 0°F …

Hixson’s construction specifications typically include items or assemblies that require the contractor to provide mockups for Hixson (as the Architect/Engineer) and the facility’s Owner to approve prior to the installation …

Discharge of storm water from industrial sites is regulated by either a state or, less frequently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA).  Under these regulations, a site must either …

Economizers have long been used in steam boiler facilities to recover energy in the form of heat from boilers and re-use the heat for some other purpose, such as heating …

In 2009, Hixson’s Warren Green authored an issue of Hixson’s From Experience newsletter in which he noted his observations on the state of sustainability within the food and beverage industry, …