Satisfying Your Due Diligence Needs
Understanding and utilizing a due diligence metal detector improves quality, competitiveness, increases productivity and reduces costs within food production companies. METTLER TOLEDO Safeline Ltd’s enhanced Metal Detector systems incorporating IPAC support documentation ensures QA teams have tools to simplify meeting retailer’s standards expectations.
Compliance With Industry Standards
Satisfying Your Due Diligence Needs
The GFSI standards which include BRC, IFS, SQF and FSSC 22000 are all based on the HACCP process. Establishing and then mitigating the risk at critical control points through HACCP is the starting point to meet compliance with standards, regulations and legislation. Once establishing the need for a metal detection system, attention should focus on correctly specifying the right system.
More Than Just a Metal Detector
Metal detection systems reduce the risk for metal contamination reaching the end consumer however in some cases this risk is still high. Procedural and system failure rather than metal detector faults are often the main cause. The "due diligence" enhancement from METTLER TOLEDO Safeline improves the level of control and management of the inspection system. This ensures the critical control point (CCP) delivers not only high performance metal detection but also, an increased level of failsafe functionality improving the overall system capability.
Meeting Standards, Minimising Costs
Requirements differ from standard to standard. A well designed system will include a high quality detector and an array of control equipment, sensing devices and failsafe systems to ensure that even the smallest product recalls costs and damage to your brand reputation are minimal.
The Most Advanced Metal Detectors, Maximum Security
Critical to the performance of any metal detection system is the actual search head. Profile metal detectors include features to maximise performance, process efficiency and deliver upon quality assurance objectives and include.
- Condition Monitoring Technology
- High-Security Operator Access and Event Logging
- Reject Bin Door Status Control, Confirmation Sensor & Check Sensor
- Pack In-feed Sensor
- Key Switch Reset
- Advanced Metal Detector Search Head
- Automatic Contaminated Pack Reject Mechanism
- Reject Bin With Bin-Locked Sensor
With optional extras including
- Warning Beacon Stack
- Conveyor Belt Speed Encoder
- Bin Full Sensor
- Air Failure Switch
Metal Detector Testing and Reliability
The requirement to periodically test in-line metal detection systems is well documented. Test frequency is directly linked to the ability to quarantine suspect products and conduct a reinspection of any potentially contaminated product.
Test costs can be high so reducing the frequency of performance verification testing can result in considerable savings. METTLER TOLEDO Safeline Due Diligence Enhancement systems increase the performance of the metal detector reducing the chances of an unidentified failure occurring.
Increases in failsafe monitoring provides the opportunity for manufacturers to review the frequency of the scheduled testing and make an informed, risk considered decision to reduce test frequency without impacting performance or security levels.
IPac Provides Further Support of Compliance
All metal detection systems are supplied with a METTLER TOLEDO IPAC installation and performance verification package. This provides the necessary documentation to support compliance with standards, prove due diligence has been exercised and simplifies the task of meeting external auditor documentation requirements. Supplied as part of the system package the IPAC documentation tool increases the retailer confidence that the metal detector has been installed and is being operated correctly.