MANUFACTURING Quality


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Food safety expert Phil Brown from Fortress Technology explores the core four inspection technologies that can work together to boost quality control on confectionery production lines.


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etection technologies serve as critical safeguards against the most common recall risks in confectionery—foreign object contamination. Metal detectors and X-ray


systems help confectionery manufacturers identify and reject contaminants like metal       at various points in production. These are increasingly being combined with checkweighers and vision systems to advance quality control. Previous approaches and models used to boost food production to meet the rising global demands are no longer able to keep pace. This has made it even more imperative for confectioners to explore innovative technology and tools that      enhance productivity and optimise costs.      and checkweighing are four inspection technologies that are revolutionising how the industry approaches production and regulatory compliance. Given the recent high-           prevent potentially contaminated products from reaching shelves but also support rapid root cause analysis and targeted corrective action to help minimise brand damage and consumer risk. Although every production line has


 approach—based on thorough risk analysis— gives confectionery manufacturers the best chance of maintaining product integrity and consumer trust.


It can be commonplace to see two of these technologies in combination inspection units      Fortress eventually anticipates wider adoption


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   contaminants often escape conventional single- plane metal detectors.       confectionery market. This in itself is a unique technology as it uses dual electromagnetic                        detection of challenging contaminants.


Integration of metal detection, X-ray and checkweighing can give confectionery manufacturers the best chance of maintaining product integrity and consumer trust.


Identifying HACCP risks


Fortress designed the Interceptor DF specifically to inspect high value low profile food such as chocolates to minimise the risk of recalls.


and integration of all four in food production              the industry could see each technology’s respective performance synergistically      data analysis and AI tools.      


Establishing the biggest contaminant  inspection solutions all help to ensure   and avoiding costly waste.        a bulk gravity or large bag metal detector may be deployed. If melted chocolate or other semi-liquid         metal detector may be used upstream. Smaller vertex machines at this checkpoint inspect  Performing supplier weight checks upstream is also advisable to safeguard against unnecessary stock losses. This becomes even more imperative for high-value raw ingredients. Inspecting products after packaging using an end-of-line metal detection system is the   potential contaminants that won’t be detected using a metal detector.


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