Helping companies and managers to reach their maximum productivity. For 22 years we have been transforming and innovating the machinery park of the national industry, and in the last 5, across borders. Since 2019 is physically established in Spain also. Since then has been dedicated to import, export, custom construction, and supply of equipment for the textile, food, and pharmaceutical & cosmetic industries. The company (previously known as Esteves Alves & Carvalho) was founded in 2000 in the Portugal’s textile excellence hub, Barcelos city. We create integrated and turnkey solutions, aligned with the needs of the present and the challenges of the future. The Federal Government’s trade measurement regulator - the National Measurement Institute - regularly inspects pre-packed items to ensure the rules of the system are being upheld and consumers are getting what they’re paying for.EACTECH is your technological partner for the textile, food, and pharmaceutical & cosmetic industries. Woolworths products are audited regularly and checked for their compliance to net weight requirements. Credit: TikTok Are you getting what you pay for? When the soak pad is added to the scales, the measurement jumped to 806g - as stated on the label. This means that while the chicken may have weighed 806g when it was packed at the supplier, it seems 50g of liquid has transferred to the absorbent pad in the days that followed.

Credit: TikTokħ understands that soak pads weigh less than 10g prior to being being added to the packaging.Īs the soak pad accumulates liquid from the meat product over time - after it’s been packaged - it’s expected to see the weight of the pad increase.

“We have a range of checks and balances in place to ensure our products comply with strict trade measurement requirements.” Without the soak pad, the chicken weighs 756g. “Prior to customers taking the product home, liquid from the meat will naturally transfer to the absorbent pad at the bottom of the packaging.

Cooked absorbent pad under chicken