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Ensuring traceability and compliance is essential for food manufacturers aiming to protect their consumers, brand and bottom line. In the complex arena of food production, maintaining complete oversight of every product batch, from raw material to final shipment, is no easy task.

That’s where sequential numbering comes in. By attributing a unique, traceable code to every batch, item or production cycle, food manufacturers can track products at every stage of the supply chain. This enables faster recalls, more accurate reporting and improved compliance with regulatory standards like HACCP, FDA and EU regulations.

In this guide, we’ll explore:

What sequential numbering is

Why it matters for food processors

How Detectamet supports sequential numbering with detectable products

Read on to strengthen your food safety processes, stay ahead of audits and improve traceability.

What is sequential numbering in food manufacturing?

In the food production and processing industries, we all know that regulatory bodies play a critical role in ensuring the quality and safety of food products for consumers while helping businesses remain compliant and efficient.

It’s important to remember that the regulatory bodies shouldn’t be seen as simply generating red tape designed to tangle up food processing businesses. Instead, they should be welcomed as partners who are helping to raise and maintain standards and ensure the customers receive the best possible food, so the producers of that food enjoy a lucrative business future.

At Detectamet, we didn’t get to be a global leader in detectable products for food safety by ignoring the importance of validation and regulation. Adherence to appropriate regulations is central to our mission.

Let’s cast a light onto the key regulatory bodies and frameworks shaping food hygiene standards globally, the role of validation and why regulation is essential

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a critical component in ensuring the safety of both your workers and your consumers, as well as for maintaining the integrity of your products. However, misuse and misunderstanding of PPE can lead to contamination, injury and regulatory non-compliance.

So, let’s look at some of the more common PPE mistakes in food processing and provide practical tips on how to avoid them.

Basic principles of PPE in food processing

Let’s start with the essentials for effective PPE management in food manufacturing settings:

1. Adequate training

Mistake: Workers may not fully understand why PPE is important or how to use it correctly.

Solution: Implement comprehensive training programmes that cover the importance of PPE, how to wear it correctly and when to replace it. Regular refresher courses can help reinforce these concepts. 

At Detectamet, we thrive on attending live events. These provide unrivaled opportunities for networking and collaboration with leading businesses in the food safety and processing industries. By engaging with other industry pioneers, we exchange ideas, share innovations and keep Detectamet at the cutting edge of industry trends and technological advancements.

Our presence at these events also gives you the opportunity to experience Detectamet’s world-leading Metal Detectable & X-Ray Visible Products firsthand. You’ll get to see our solutions in action and explore how they can enhance safety and compliance in your operations.

When you visit the DetectaTeam at any of these events, you can expect:

• Free Sample Packs: Get hands-on experience with the quality and reliability of our market-leading products.
• Cutting-Edge Solutions: Discover a comprehensive range of products designed to reduce foreign matter contamination

Since food safety is one of the most critical responsibilities for any food processing facility, performing regular and rigorous food safety audits is an essential safeguard.

In an industry where foreign matter contamination can result in severe health consequences and damage to a brand’s reputation, it’s essential that every business takes this process seriously.

Especially since external auditors can arrive unannounced. Depending on your location and your business sector, an external food safety audit can be anywhere from every six months to every two years. So, you need to be ready.

By conducting regular internal audits, businesses can maintain compliance with stringent food safety standards,

The history of food safety has been one of manufacturers versus contaminants. As such, food hygiene has always been a crucial concern in food manufacturing. Since your products are going to be eaten or drunk by customers, you have to ensure the user will come to no harm.

The methods used to ensure food safety have evolved significantly over time. From the early days of basic hygiene to today’s highly-regulated and technology-based systems, the journey of food safety reflects the growing complexity of our food supply chain.

As our understanding of contamination risks has deepened, so too has our commitment to ensuring that the food reaching consumers is free from harm.

The introduction and evolution of detection technologies, such as metal detectors and X-ray systems, revolutionised food safety practices and are now essential tools in protecting both consumers

Before processed, packaged and manufactured food goods arrive on consumers' plates, they undergo stringent processing workflows and regulations to ensure safety. Like a knife and fork, safety and tasty should always go hand in hand.

However, as history has shown, breakdowns in these processes can sometimes result in food products becoming contaminated. The last thing any food manufacturer wants is for a foreign object to find its way into a product. After all, physical contaminants not only threaten consumer safety but can trigger widespread product recalls, resulting in costly business disruptions.

To help mitigate these risks, our food safety experts have identified the six most common physical contaminants found in food processing and outlined how you can safeguard your products against them. 

#1 Metal contaminants

Metal contamination is a significant concern in food processing, often originating from the very equipment which is processing the food.

World Food Safety Day comes just once a year. Like your food processing business though, we at Detectamet know that food safety is a challenge every day! 

In this article, we take a look at the history of World Food Safety Day, the importance of food safety and critical steps your business can take today to secure a safer tomorrow.

The History Of World Food Safety Day

World Food Safety Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018 and is celebrated every June 7th. This important observance was initiated by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to draw global attention to the health consequences and economic impact of unsafe food. The day serves as a reminder of the critical need to ensure food safety and highlights the benefits that flow from safe food - public health, economic prosperity and sustainable

Here at Detectamet, we are deeply committed to ensuring the utmost food safety. As we like to say: food safe is food smart.

Of course, navigating the complex maze of rules and regulations can be daunting, especially when each food processing operation has unique processes and challenges of its own. 

Recognising this, we've dedicated ourselves to developing practical, innovative solutions tailored to these diverse needs. Food safety in the food processing industry is not just a requirement; it's a responsibility. A single lapse can lead to expensive recalls, significant harm to a brand’s reputation and an erosion of customer trust. 

In this high-stakes environment, metal detectable gloves from Detectamet have emerged as a revolutionary solution, offering an added layer of protection and peace of mind. To assist you in enhancing your food safety protocols, we've compiled ten essential (finger) tips.

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