Star engineer testing ice slurry plant at a fish factory

In the early ‘90s, Star tried to introduce the concept of ice slurries to the UK market. Although the fluid offered huge potential for rapid chilling in many applications, it eventually proved too difficult to make work reliably. The photo shows engineer Harry Pittam testing an ice slurry plant in a fish factory in the north of Scotland – the ice is pumped through a ring main and hosed directly onto the fish once they are packed in boxes.