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Lessons from large food recalls: Advanced inspection systems reduce common risks

With the proper equiment, manufacturers can reduce the risk of injuries and illnesses caused by physical contaminants like glass, metal fragments, calcified bone fragments and other items.

The EPX100 from Eagle Product Inspection detects a broad range of contaminants for small to mid-sized manufacturers, contract packagers, seasonal operators and global companies looking to standardize their equipment.
The EPX100 from Eagle Product Inspection detects a broad range of contaminants for small to mid-sized manufacturers, contract packagers, seasonal operators and global companies looking to standardize their equipment.

The massive nationwide recall of romaine lettuce in the U.S. in November, followed in mid-December by a highly publicized recall of nearly 30,000 pounds of frozen ready-to-eat sausage links, once again thrust food safety into the spotlight and into public discourse. While the lettuce recall was tied to the pathogen E. coli, the sausage recall was attributed to undetected pieces of metal in the product, and both incidents underscore the ongoing need for food safety interventions, including advanced inspection technologies.

With the proper equiment, manufacturers can reduce the risk of injuries and illnesses caused by physical contaminants like glass, metal fragments, calcified bone fragments and other items. 

“Contaminants can make their way into foods before or during the manufacturing process, from small stones mixed in with produce harvested from fields, or a wire fragment digested by an animal to a piece of plastic embedded into a food after an accidental breakage on the line. While such things are possible, X-ray systems can be easily put into place on a production line to inspect and reject those materials in foods before they pose a problem,” says Kyle Thomas, Strategic Business Unit Manager for Eagle Product Inspection. 

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