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According to FDA, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is “transforming the nation’s food safety system by shifting the focus from responding to foodborne illness to preventing it.”
Building on a foothold in batch guacamole processing, high pressure processing moves into bulk and grows in markets that require fresh taste with no preservatives and a long shelf life.
Detection of foreign objects such as metals is a high priority for food processors, especially when in 2019 alone the United States Department of Agriculture reported that 17 million pounds of food were impacted by recalls due to “extraneous material.”
The X39 X-ray inspection system designed by Mettler-Toledo Safeline now enables manufacturers of frozen formed burger patties (beef, pork, chicken, fish and vegetarian) to detect and reject non-conforming products, including both those containing contaminants and those with other product irregularities or defects.
Multi-Conveyor recently built multiple sanitary, precision timed, semi-automatic hand pack conveyor lines that ultimately feed labelers and metal detection systems.
In the last 18 months, Luxme International has installed a Tubular Chain Conveyor with automatic Stay Clean technology to meet the expansion of C&M Seeds’ primary processing and storage facility in Palmerston, Ontario.