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Confectionery company reaps the gains of extensive safety by combining metal detectors and x-ray scanners


he high-tech safety technology provided by the company Mesutronic is currently ensuring contaminant-free end


 Bavaria. Modern metal detectors  around one million cereal bars per  shelves. There is an aromatic scent in the


air of the production hall: up to 100   cereal bars. “To ensure that our end consumers only have access to clean       applies strict criteria in terms of the respective quality. This is in line with a tradition that has been practised for more than 80 years - and today   and cereal bars are being produced for reputable manufacturers. This is  foamy sugar goods produced and sold  the company Beier is consulted as a


   quality or sustainability.


THE RISK OF CONTAMINATION The company Beier only utilises the best possible raw materials. But by    production contamination by various means. 


Beier buys approximately   year: “It is normal that during  metal particles


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or pellets from hunters may get into the   in terms of raw materials. The company decided to explore how the safety of the end consumer could be further improved.  two established processes to   and inductive metal detection. X-ray detection is an imaging process. The radiation produced by the X-ray generator


Markus Beier with contaminants  over a period of six months


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