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Inspection and detection equipment reach new levels of flexibility for peak food safety

X-ray, metal detection, checkweighing and vision systems help processors ensure food safety

January 22, 2019

Shipping contamination-free food products to the public has always been business-critical, but today's social-media landscape leaves virtually no room for error. A wider variety of products, along with a wide variety of packaging options, have increased the need for more flexible inspection and detection equipment.

Food Safety

Preventing foreign-material contamination in meat and poultry processing

A 'fine' job: Foreign-material contamination can have a devastating effect on meat and poultry merchandising, but newer and more sophisticated technologies are enhancing food safety.

Richard Mitchell

May 10, 2018

There is perhaps nothing as crucial in the processing of meat and poultry as safeguarding proteins from foreign objects.

Eagle's Newest X-Ray System Designed to Combat Recalls

March 15, 2018

The newest advanced Pack 430 PRO X-ray system scans mid-sized packages such as chips, crackers and cookies, and detects and automatically rejects recall-causing contaminants like glass shards, metal fragments, mineral stone, some plastic and rubber compounds.

Machinery Technology: Inspection/ Detection

Inspection & Detection: Validation, Monitoring and Verification Processes

These processes are critical to the effectiveness of food safety inspection systems.

Robert Rogers

March 15, 2018

The U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires that food manufacturing and processing companies identify potential hazards in their production systems and then put in place preventive controls to address those hazards.

Selecting the right inspection and detection equipment for snack and bakery operations

Refinements to inspection and detection equipment boost production safety and quality.

Neal Lorenzi

January 15, 2018

Greater product variety and increasing consumer attention to quality are among key factors driving snack producers and bakeries to update their inspection and detection equipment with models that, among other features, detect ever-smaller foreign objects and reduce false rejects.

Detection devices are strong preventative tools, but do not eliminate all incidents of foreign-object contamination

Foreign-object contamination: Under the radar

Despite the advances in X-ray and metal detection systems, keeping meat and poultry totally free of foreign objects remains an ongoing processor challenge.

Richard Mitchell

May 2, 2017

Technology is not the end-all when it comes to safeguarding meat and poultry from foreign-object contamination.