When the spill was detected, P.E.I. Potato Solutions was directed to stop the flow of waste water and remove any waste water from ditches around its property (Courtesy: Brian Higgins/CBC).
Enero 25, 2021
PEI Potato washing facility fined over waste water spill
The owners of a potato facility in New Annan confirm they will not dispute a CAD 1,000 fine they received following a spill of waste water at the end of 2020.
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A conveyor belt takes potatoes into the $1.1 million chemical imaging machine (Insort's Sherlock Separator-2400) to be inspected for foreign objects or defects, such as surface scabs or rot.
Febrero 18, 2018
Sherlock Separator cleans up potatoes for processing at PEI Potato Solutions
Terrence McEachern of the Guardian spoke with Romana Roberts and Chris Hunt of PEI Potato Solutions on the Sherlock Separator they recently installed for the removal of foreign objects and defects, such as surface scabs or rot.
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Specially developed for sorting whole potatoes, the Sherlock Separator can recognize and sort out foreign bodies - such as golf balls - and identify a wide range of potato defects.
Enero 21, 2018
PEI Potato Solutions receives government support as the company invests in the latest sorting technology
The Government of Canada supports the investment in a Sherlock Separator potato sorter by RWL Holdings LTD (PEI Potato Solutions), a potato washing and sorting facility to optimize potatoes for processing prior to delivery to Cavendish Farms.
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PEI Dept of Environment shuts down potato wash plant RWL Holdings Ltd.
Julio 30, 2014
PEI Dept of Environment shuts down potato wash plant RWL Holdings Ltd.
Concerns over the quality of the waste water from a potato wash facility has resulted in the P.E.I. Department of Environment shutting down the operation.
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