FOOD & BEVERAGE F
ood manufacturers are required to use reliable and highly accurate technologies to meet these food standards. At the same time, solutions to reduce their costs and secure their margins in the face of rising raw material, energy and labour costs. As a leading global provider of weighing and inspection technologies, Minebea Intec offers customised solutions that are precisely tailored to meet the challenges of food production. The atmosphere in the conference room is tense. The management team is gathering. The head of the quality control department lays the of food, a recall is unavoidable. A few moments later, the phones in the service department are ringing off the hook. Customers, supermarkets and wholesalers need to be informed. A crisis email is being prepared and the social media team is standing by to provide reassuring but honest explanations.
‘How could something like this happen?’ the sales manager asks quietly, while the operations manager speaks into her mobile phone with a serious expression to coordinate the logistics team. All stock must be checked and the affected goods recalled. At the same time, the production line is shut down. All eyes are on the cleaning and inspection of the machines to ensure that no further particles enter future batches. This scenario is becoming increasingly common in the food industry worldwide. According to reports by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the EU RAPEX database, foreign bodies in food account for up to 23 percent of all recalls in industrialised countries, depending on the region. Only microbiological contamination and errors in allergen labelling lead to more frequent recalls. For food producers, a recall means not only high costs but also potential damage to their reputation.
Strict regulations such as HACCP, ISO 22000 and NSF are therefore crucial to minimising such risks. They set clear standards to prevent contamination along the entire production chain. This not only ensures product quality, but
PROTECTION AGAINST FOREIGN BODIES: FOCUS ON HYGIENE AND FOOD QUALITY
The requirements for hygiene and product quality in the food industry are very high due to strict international regulations such as HACCP, ISO 22000 and NSF.
Weighing and inspection technologies from Minebea Intec help to ensure compliance with these regulations by detecting potential risks, such as foreign bodies in food at an early stage.
FOOD CONTROL THROUGH HACCP (HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS)
The HACCP system, which is used in the food industry worldwide, is a preventive management system for ensuring food safety. It requires producers to identify and assess potential hazards (biological, chemical, physical) throughout the entire food production process. Based on this analysis, critical control points eliminated or minimised by preventive measures. HACCP is considered a mandatory requirement for food production in the European Union and in many other countries worldwide.
Minebea Intec technologies, such as the Mitus metal detector, are ideally suited for monitoring
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and controlling such critical points. ‘Our Mitus metal detector with integrated MiWave technology offers an effective solution for foreign body detection,’ says Linus Dellweg, global product manager at Minebea Intec. ‘With its high sensitivity, the Mitus metal detector can detect even the smallest metal particles, even with larger product effects and thus makes a decisive contribution to ensuring that food products meet the highest safety and quality standards.’ The result? Maximum product safety at maximum output.
In addition to metal contaminant detection, Minebea Intec offers solutions with its X-ray inspection systems that detect not only metallic foreign bodies but also glass, stones, some plastics and bones. Systems like the Dymond series go far beyond mere food inspection damage. With these comprehensive functions, X-ray inspection systems such as Dymond make
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