Metal Detection Standards in the Food Industry

Understand How to Meet the Metal Detection Standards for Food Industry Processes

Food industry metal detection systems can identify metal contaminants in food applications and efficiently reject them from food production lines.

Our solutions can make it easier to meet the metal detector standards set within the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), which includes facilitating Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), National Sanitation Foundation International (NSF), and European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG) principles.

Supporting compliance with the various food regulations and principles is an essential component in your food manufacturing process.

These industry standards for metal detection are in place to safeguard consumers and encourage a regulated environment for the production and manufacturing of food applications.

Our metal detection systems can provide a reliable way of supporting metal detection standards within the food industry to protect your customer and your brand integrity.

Learn more about food industry compliance with metal detection systems and how manufacturers of industrial metal detection systems like METTLER TOLEDO can support compliance requirements for product quality inspection in the food industry.

Compliance standards and regulations for food production

Metal Detection Systems for the Food Industry Help Support Metal Detection Standards

Accurate and reliable inspection and quality control

Our metal detection systems for the food industry are designed to accurately detect metal contaminants in food and reject them from the production line, providing a reliable method of protecting both customer and brand. These systems can assist with food production quality control procedures and help with meeting metal detector standards.

Minimal product waste

Metal detection systems from METTLER TOLEDO not only support compliance with metal detection standards, but they also help minimize wasted product. When metal contamination is identified by our systems, they efficiently reject just the contaminated product without wasting large amounts of good product, protecting your bottom line.

Finding optimal spherical sensitivity

By achieving the right spherical sensitivity for inspecting your specific food type, it improves the accuracy of detection and and removal of ferrous and non-ferrous metal contaminants, including the difficult-to-detect non-magnetic stainless steel. To help increase the chances of reaching optimal sensitivity, you should choose the type of metal detection system that is designed for your specific food application.

A variety of high-performance metal detectors

We offer a wide product range of metal detectors that can help support reaching metal detection standards in the food industry for different phases of production.

For instance, this can include throat metal detectors and gravity fall metal detectors for free-falling applications, as well as conveyor and tunnel metal detectors for a range of food applications, and pipeline metal detection systems which are ideal for liquid or paste applications.

Product Inspection Solutions for Meeting Food Industry Metal Detection Standards

Conveyor / Tunnel	Gravity Fall	Throat / VFFS	Pipeline

Designed to inspect metal contaminants in products along a conveyor belt in the food production line	Designed to inspect for metal contamination in free-falling products such as powders, granules and grains	Designed for metal detection which can easily integrate with Vertical Form, Fill & Seal (VFFS) equipment	Designed to inspect and reject metal contaminants in food applications being pumped through a pipeline

Ideal for a wide range of food and beverage applications, including: Meat and poultry Snacks and confectionery Ready meals	Ideal for powdered and granular food applications, including: Sugar and flour Seeds and nuts Ground or whole coffee beans	Ideal for free-falling products with metalized packaging, including: Potato chips and pretzels Grains, oats, and rice Dried beans and peas	Ideal for liquids, pastes, and slurries of various temperatures, including: Jams and jellies Molten chocolate Pumped meat
Metal Detection System Examples
M31R Profile Advantage See more options	Gravity Fall Profile Throat Profile See more options	Throat Profile Super Throat Profile See more options	Pipeline Profile Advantage HDS Pipeline See more options

FAQs

Why are metal detectors important for meeting food industry standards?

Having the right metal detection system will not only support the facilitation of compliance with food industry standards for metal detection, but can also:

Minimize product recalls and end-of-line defects
Help prevent human error from contaminating food applications
Protect your brand and validate product quality

Why is spherical sensitivity important for food industry metal detection standards?

The right spherical sensitivity for your metal detection system is important to detect any metal contaminants that end up in your food products. This will help support food industry standards for your metal detectors, and help you improve your quality control procedures.

The spherical sensitivity needed will depend on a variety of factors. This can include – the type of food applications, the size of the metal contaminants, the type of likely metal contaminants, environmental factors like temperature, and product ingredients.

How are metal contaminants in the food production line rejected?

Industrial metal detector reject devices

Food industry metal detection systems can be used at different stages of the food production line and metal contaminants can be efficiently rejected in a number of ways. The removal of metal contaminants can include:

pneumatic reject arm
photogated air blast
retracting band
lift flap

These rejection devices can help reject metal contaminants to help support metal detector standards for all your food applications.

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How are food industry metal detectors implemented in the production line?

Our food industry metal detection systems are designed for easy mechanical and electrical integration into various points of your food production line, with minimal imposition of your current factory layout.

Industry standards for metal detection are in place to protect consumers and encourage a regulated environment for the production and manufacturing of food applications.

Our metal detection systems can provide a reliable way of supporting food industry metal detection standards in the manufacturing process, support with food industry regulations and principles, and protect both the consumer and your brand integrity.