Food Safety From Food Processor to End User

Presented by Ayush Kumar 13/IFT/006Presented to Pushpendra Sir

GoalsIdentify critical inspection locations within a

production lineCompare traditional vs. current inspection

capabilitiesAnalyze applications and inspection successes

Why Inspect?

Source: ExpertRECALL

Improved food safety

Better quality control

Reduce the potential of a recall

Why Inspect With X-ray?More consistent performance

• Fresh or frozen, wet or dry• Not affected by humidity or other equipment

Can provide traceability• System can auto-store images of every rejected product• Facilitates, supports more detailed HACCP logs

Will detect more contaminates• Bone, glass, metal, ceramic, dense plastic

Final package inspection• Check weigh, clip detection, missing products, voids, etc.

What’s Driving X-ray Inspection?Retailers demanding higher

quality• Metal specifications are tightening• Want to detect bone & other materials

Improvements in HAACP standards• Knowing what is entering your plant• Respond to issues earlier in the process

What’s Driving X-ray Inspection?Automated deboning is creating

more chips & splinters• Greater potential for customer

complaints• Protecting your and your customers’

brands

Potential premium for inspected product

Where Can X-ray Be Applied?Incoming product• Trim meat or frozen blocks• Detect bones or other contaminates

Where Can X-ray Be Applied?Meat from a debone line• Bone chips or fragments• Fillets, tenders, legs, and thighs

Individual packages inspection• Bags or trays• Check weigh & Foreign Material Detection• Missing clips or voids in chubs• Piece count or orientation

Where Can X-ray Be Applied?

Application Examples 2.0-3.0mm bones

in poultry breast meat

One customer was able to reduce bone count from over 1,200 per load to less than 4

Bone Fragments In Tenders

MultiView: Quality Control

MultiView: Quality Control

MultiView: Quality Control

What Can Be Detected?Calcified bones – >2.0mm thicknessMetal Spheres – 0.5mm diameter

stainless steelWire – 0.2mm diameter by 2.0mm longGlass sphere – 1.0 to 1.5mm diameterCeramic – 1.0 to 1.5mm diameter

TechnologyX-ray Highlights

• Excellent detection capabilities• 2 basic product parameters:

• Density – Lighter, less dense contaminants are harder to detect

• Thickness - Thinner product is easier to inspect

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