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Eat, Drink and Be Merry!
Did you know it’s highly likely that much of the food you’ll eat over the festive season will have been subjected to x-ray inspection?
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At Mettler-Toledo Safeline X-ray we’re constantly innovating new x-ray inspection solutions mainly for food applications, and our engineers play a key role in helping us to develop our cutting-edge contaminant detection and product integrity inspection equipment for the food and pharmaceutical industries.
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A wide range of processed food passes through pipelines everyday, from meat and poultry to dairy products, and fruit and vegetables to confectionery. However, Traditionally, pumped production lines have presented a challenge to manufacturers when it comes to cleaning since the machinery is in direct contact with the product.
To overcome this, the production machinery must be designed specifically for harsh wash-down environments accompanied by rigorous and regular cleaning schedules to prevent biological, chemical and physical contamination
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Glass containers are used extensively across the food industry to package a wide variety of applications, including beverages, condiments, confectionery, fish and seafood, fruit and vegetables, infant feeding products and ready meals.
Despite its popularity, however, glass packaging poses a significant safety risk and the effects of contamination can be highly damaging – just one shard has the potential to put your brand, your customers and your bottom line at risk.
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Last week’s blog focused on how to make the right product inspection choice to ensure food safety. Now let’s take a closer look at x-ray inspection.
X-ray inspection is all about differences in absorption. The amount of x-ray energy absorbed during an x-ray beam’s passage through a product is affected by the product’s thickness, density and atomic mass number. Measurement of the differences in x-ray beam absorption between a product and a contaminant is the basis of x-ray inspection.
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Making the Right Choice for Product Safety and Quality Control
systems have traditionally been the first line of defence to detect and reject contaminated products before they leave the factory. However, as last week’s blog explained, the technologies offer differing capabilities and deciding which product inspection solution to purchase can initially seem bewildering.
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