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= **School of Food Science and Nutrition ** =

 FOOD 5450M Team D Meeting
**Wednesday 8th June 2011, 10 -5 pm ** **In attendance **: Ifeanyi Onwuka (Secretary), Elissavet Terzi, Holay Balkrishna, Maryam Afzali (Chairman, Mengli Li.  **Venue **: Common room   Every member was present.   Minutes of the last meeting were accepted as a correct record   **a) ** **Texture development ** = a. Team members found the emulsifiers and stabilizers that could improve the texture or our ice-cream from literature in the library and internet. They are; carageenan, guar gum, polysorbate 80. It was decided that we would make ice cream using varying amounts of these stabilizers and emulsifier to see if the texture has imporved. = = **b) ** = b.**Design Plant layout ** The design of the plant layout was discussed. Since no team member has been to an ice-cream manufacturing industry, we have to rely on books for a plant layout which can then be adapted to fit the production of out ice cream.  **c) ** c. **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Gantt chart update. ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">We started designing the industrial process flow chart. **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">d) ** d. **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Equipment size and production capacity ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Mengli, Maryam and Balkrishna were assigned with the task of finding equipment that meet the specification that we require for the production of 100,000 units of ice cream for each 8 hour shift.  **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">e) 4. ****<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Tasks to be done before/by next meeting ** <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Each team member is required to design a rough sketch of a factory layout <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">No other business was reported <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">13th June, 2011 at food science lab
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">Apologies for Absence **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">2. Minutes of the last meeting **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">3. Matters arising from the minutes **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">5. Any other business **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 15px;">6. Date of next meeting **