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Detectamet, a global leader in metal detectable and x-ray food safety solutions, proudly announces its triumph at the 44th SOFHT Annual Lecture, Lunch & Awards 2023. 

The company's Metal Detectable Nitrile Gloves secured the prestigious title of ‘Best New Product’. The Nitrile Gloves clinched the top spot at the Society of Food Hygiene and Technology Awards in London.

A spokesperson for SOFHT underscored how this showcased the gloves' profound impact on the food safety landscape:

"Detectamet Detectable Products wins Best New Product/Service at the 2023 SOFHT Awards. Their innovative Metal Detectable Nitrile glove has taken the industry

Detectamet, best known for their metal detectable products, are delighted to launch their range of new blue metal detectable disposable nitrile gloves. These gloves are latex-free, powder-free and EU & FFDCA food-contact approved – perfect for food handling in processing environments. Manufactured from 100% metal detectable nitrile, any part of the glove can be detected by detection inspection systems. Being blue in colour, these gloves are easily distinguishable in a food processing environment. They’re ambidextrous for quick selection, and available in 3 sizes.

Detectamet CEO Sean Smith is proud of their latest product launch, adding: “thanks to Detectamet’s 5 locations: UK, Germany, USA, Canada and Australia – the global distribution of this product to our customers will happen very quickly. We’ve had requests for a detectable disposable nitrile glove for a number of years, so we’re delighted to finally launch this range after significant investment in the

Best Company Award Win for Detectamet

Detectamet, a world leading manufacturer of food safety products, are delighted to announce their success at a recent Food Hygiene & Technology Awards in London, seeing off competition to receive the prestigious Best Company (over 10 employees) award for 2022 from food writer Matthew Fort.

Detectamet’s food-safe metal & X-ray detectable products are designed to reduce the risk of foreign matter contamination in food and pharmaceutical processing environments, helping to protect manufacturers against expensive and damaging product recalls.