Consumer trust makes food safety a moral imperative, not just a regulatory box to tick. From sourcing to packaging, every step must prevent contamination. Metal detection and X-ray systems are vital safeguards against foreign bodies. Yet their power depends on a frequently overlooked factor: rigorous calibration standards.
Everyone in food production knows PPE is vital for worker safety and hygiene. But high standards demand a careful balance of comfort and function. If PPE is uncomfortable or inadequate, compliance drops, productivity suffers, and food safety is at risk. Here’s a look at the unique challenges of selecting PPE for processing environments - and why detectability, comfort, and function matter.
No one plans for contamination or recalls. Each January, food makers set growth targets - but they should also plan to prevent contamination. A single incident can harm consumers, drain profits, and scar your brand. Recent cases of metal fragments in staples show it can hit anyone. Picture the fallout: product pulls, apologies, scrutiny. Learn from others and take proactive steps to reduce the risk.
Traceability and compliance protect consumers, brands, and margins. In complex food production, full oversight from raw materials to shipment is tough. Sequential numbering solves this: assign a unique, traceable code to every batch, item, or run to track products end-to-end, accelerate recalls, improve reporting, and demonstrate compliance with HACCP, FDA, and EU rules.
Regulators aren’t red tape - they’re partners that protect consumers and help food businesses run efficiently and compliantly. Detectamet’s leadership in detectable products is built on rigorous validation and strict adherence to global standards. Here, we spotlight the key bodies and frameworks shaping food hygiene, the role of validation, and how smart regulation safeguards consumers while enabling growth.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is vital to protect workers and consumers and to preserve product integrity in food operations. When PPE is misused, poorly fitted, or misunderstood, risks rise: contamination, injuries, audit failures, and regulatory non-compliance. Clear training, correct sizing, and detectable, hygienic materials help ensure consistent, effective PPE use. Across shifts daily.
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:
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, protect consumers from harm and help to ensure there are no issues when the external auditors arrive.
So, let’s explore the importance of good food safety audits and take a step-by-step guide to conducting yours smoothly and effectively.
Food safety audits are
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 and brands.
So, let’s explore the evolution of food safety, focusing on how metal detectors and X-ray machines have transformed the
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.
Metal contamination is a significant concern in food processing, often originating from the very equipment which is processing the food. Machinery, cutting tools and utensils
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