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AUTOMATED QUALITY CONTROL
Metal detectors, X-ray machines, checkweighers and vision inspection
systems help processors ensure the products they ship are ...
WithinSpec
BY SHANE WHITAKER
rocessors can be assured the baked foods and
snacks they ship should be free of contaminants,
are within product specifications and consistent
in appearance because of today's automated quality control (QC) equipment. For many years, nearly every
bakery relied upon human interaction with the product
to ensure that its foods were of high enough quality to
be shipped to customers, but now they can remove that
subjectivity of individual inspection and rely on a variety
of equipment to provide peace of mind.
Metal detectors, X-ray machines, checkweighers and
vision inspection systems are more commonly found
in all kinds of bakery and snack food plants to perform
quality control checks on products at various stages
in production. More companies are using automated
QC systems nowadays, according to Vincent Feix, vicepresident and North American sales manager, De La
Ballina, Pointe Clair, QC. "Some are using them just as
information gathering devices," he said. "Others are
using them as integral parts of the quality control process
to accept or reject a product."
Terry Woolford, vice-president of sales and marketing, Smiths Detection, Alcoa, TN, observed, "Many of
the major retailers are writing detection requirements
into their quality and hazard analysis and critical control
point (HAACP) programs. In order to sell products to
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most major retailers, some level of quality assurance is
required, and many of the larger retailers are starting to
want X-ray inspection of their products."
Much of the growth in automated quality control
systems has been with small food manufacturers that
desire to grow and sell their products to large chain
stores, according to Steve Mason, national sales
manager of Fortress Technology, Toronto, ON, adding that
the company's metal detection systems comply with the
quality expectations of the store's potential customers.
METAL CHECK. Metal detection and checkweighers are
the oldest and most common automated QC systems
found in food manufacturing plants. Very few food processors today are willing to take the risk of operating
without metal detection or other inspection systems, according to Kevin Jesch, manager of inspection systems,
Heat and Control, Inc., Hayward, CA.
"In a bakery operation, for example, a processor might
use metal detection for raw materials prior to introduction of the process to ensure the safety of a batch being
prepared," he said. "Metal detection might be used prior
соб Lasers are used with vision inspection systems to assist in measuring the
3D characteristics of products such as baguettes.
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