I spoke to Dr. Stephan Strelen, CEO of Strelen Control Systems GmbH, where he tells me metals and high-density materials are easy to detect, but the trouble actually lies in organic materials. “It is easy to detect metals with metal detectors or materials with a significantly higher density than the food product, such as stones, glass, metals, with x-rays. But the detection of any other kind of material usually requires an individually tailored solution.” Quality requirements for trade and retail have increased dramatically in the past few years with higher rates of recalls and higher penalties. “Expectations of customers and retailers alike are high,” Stephan agrees. “For this reason, we expect a lot of investment in weighing and detection technologies and equipment. One area is the detection of foreign particles, this will increase as the technologies to detect such foreign bodies are continuously developing. The other area is the detection of ‘unattractive’ products which don’t ‘look nice’ for no easily quantifiable reasons. Deep learning and artificial intelligence offer exciting new procedures here,” he explains.


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“the inspection equipment gives data in real-time,


allowing them to intervene and make adjustments early in the process, saving time and costs”


Daniela Verhaeg, PI Communications Marketing Manager, Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection says: “Of course, contaminant detection is the main driver to ensure product safety, but inspection equipment is also used to carry out integrity checks (for example, identifying damaged packs or counting chocolates in a tray) and perform label inspection. These help manufacturers to maintain compliance with regulations and ensure that consumers benefit from safe, high


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