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first food safety law-the Act Against
Selling Unwholesome Provisions.
These were all deemed precursors to
today's food safety and weights and
measures regulations.
During the Industrial Revolution,
technological breakthroughs were
plentiful. Invented during the
eighteenth century, spring scales-
the first mechanical weighing
scales-were commonly used in
agriculture and food processing.
For weighing heavier loads (e.g.,
sacks of grains), platform scales
were developed, utilizing a lever and
counterbalance system.
By 1967, the Fair Packaging
and Labeling Act was introduced
to prevent unfair or deceptive
packaging and labeling of many
household products, including food.
This Act required the identification
of the commodity, the name and
location of the manufacturer, packer,
or distributor and the net quantity of
contents in terms of weight, measure,
or numerical count.
As population growth skyrocketed,
automated food production processes
have led to the type of mass
production evidenced today. The first
automatic weighing systems were
invented in the mid-1900s reducing
the reliance on manual labor and to
increase efficiency and accuracy.
Advances in technology led to the
creation of electronic scales, featuring
electro-mechanical sensors called
load cells and relying upon a strain
gauge to measure weight. Before
automatic electronic checkweighing
equipment became easily accessible,
many food companies used a
single electronic scale to check the
weight of a sample from each batch.
Although this can help maintain
compliance, by default it will
never be as robust as an automatic
checkweighing system, which will
verify the weight of 100 percent of all
packs being inspected. On today's
processing lines, it is widely regarded
as good manufacturing practice to
weight check every single product.
Now, automated electronic
checkweighing systems are the most
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widely used weight check technology
within the food industry, recognized
for their precision, reliability and
efficiency. The enhanced capabilities
of these modern inspection systems
have the ability to elevate food safety,
quality management, and brand
protection to a whole new level.
When combined with remote
monitoring, data collection software,
and automated verification
procedures, these systems have
the ability to enhance traceability,
simplify tracking upstream portion
control issues, reveal hidden
productivity gains and drive
untapped ROI.
CHECKWEIGHING IN
TOMORROW'S WORLD
The global market outlook for
automatic checkweighers is strong.
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