Why Choose Detectamet Food Safe Metal Detectable Products?

Food Safe Detectable Products. Within the food and pharmaceutical industries there is an ever-present risk of contamination that, if undetected, can result in damage to equipment, costs incurred through product recalls, harm to the company's reputation and, in the worst case, serious injury to somebody inadvertently consuming the contaminant. A relatively straightforward measure that can be taken is to use only metal implements - such as spatulas, scoops and scrapers - and install an inline meta...

Food Safe Detectable Products. Within the food and pharmaceutical industries there is an ever-present risk of contamination that, if undetected, can result in damage to equipment, costs incurred through product recalls, harm to the company's reputation and, in the worst case, serious injury to somebody inadvertently consuming the contaminant. A relatively straightforward measure that can be taken is to use only metal implements - such as spatulas, scoops and scrapers - and install an inline metal detection system that can detect any metallic contamination of the product and automatically reject it. Detectable plastic A novel material has recently been developed that could help food and pharmaceutical manufacturers comply with the new Regulations and, more importantly, give them the opportunity to use cost-effective, functional, ergonomic plastic implements that are approved for food-contact use. A key feature of products manufactured from this material is that fragments are detected and rejected by standard in-process metal detection equipment. Known as Detectamet, these products are injection moulded a specially formulated, non-toxic, non-fibrous grade of polypropylene that has a metal-based additive so that fragments as small as a 2mm cube (weighing 0.01 g) can be detected and rejected, depending on the metal detection equipment used and its operating parameters. Moreover, the high-impact material is described as 'shatterproof and virtually unbreakable', which, in itself, helps to reduce the risk of any fragments entering the food or pharmaceutical product, and the finished articles are approved for direct food contact under EU Directive 90/128/EEC rules from the FDA (the USA Food and Drug Administration). Detectamet products are available in 9 food safe colors.