https://www.profoodworld.com/food-safety/inspection/article/22971246/ha-farms-automates-blueberry-inspection-to-keep-pace-with-quality-demandsProFood Worlden2026-07-31T12:00:00.000ZH&A Farms Automates Blueberry Inspection to Keep Pace with Quality Demandshttps://img.profoodworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/weco-ha-farms-360tek.Dcf2LvAysG.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Installed at the end of a Sortivator line, the 360Tek separates accepted berries, defective fruit or extraneous vegetable material, and jumbo berries into customizable streams. The sorter’s control system also records quality and packout data.https://img.profoodworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/high-res-h-a-farms-rhp-02-resized.zvkKVey7JD.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70H&A Farms uses WECO cleaning and sorting equipment across all seven of its fresh-pack blueberry lines. Two lines are configured around WECO’s modular Sortivator platform.https://img.profoodworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/high-res-h-a-farms-rhp-06-resized.MqrDdsOuph.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70Hourglass-shaped rollers rotate and present blueberries to the 360Tek’s digital color cameras. Machine-learning algorithms evaluate each object before air nozzles divert selected fruit or material.https://img.profoodworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/gettyimages-92705687.IHo6VKzdDP.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70https://www.profoodworld.com/food-safety/regulatory/article/22971188/fda-targets-two-outdated-color-additive-authorizationsProFood Worlden2026-07-29T14:00:00.000ZFDA Targets Two Outdated Color Additive Authorizationshttps://img.profoodworld.com/mindful/pmmi/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/gettyimages-1413289936.JDKxSZgRE1.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&q=70The FDA says the two dyes it is targeting to revoke authorization have likely already been abandoned by industry.