BRC Best practice guideline: foreign body detection - Issue 2
Publication details: London, The Stationery Office (TSO), 2008ISBN: 9780117025783Subject(s): Food safety | Food hygiene | Food contaminationLOC classification: TX531Summary: The contamination of a product with the physical presence of something not intended to be there (a foreign body), often with the potential to cause harm, can result in issues that may include customer complaints, product wastage, and brand damage. Any manufacturing or storage and transport business must have an effective control system to prevent product contamination by foreign bodies. This guideline focuses on the technologies behind X-ray and metal detection and promotes best practice on aspects to be considered when establishing and operating these systems. This guideline provides a framework for the user to: Identify the requirements for foreign body detecting equipment; Give guidance on selecting the design and positioning of equipment; Give guidance on the effective operation of equipment; Understand how to undertake testing of equipment.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book - Standard loan | CAFRE Loughry Library | TX531 BRC/PAMPHLET (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 190876 |
The contamination of a product with the physical presence of something not intended to be there (a foreign body), often with the potential to cause harm, can result in issues that may include customer complaints, product wastage, and brand damage. Any manufacturing or storage and transport business must have an effective control system to prevent product contamination by foreign bodies. This guideline focuses on the technologies behind X-ray and metal detection and promotes best practice on aspects to be considered when establishing and operating these systems. This guideline provides a framework for the user to: Identify the requirements for foreign body detecting equipment; Give guidance on selecting the design and positioning of equipment; Give guidance on the effective operation of equipment; Understand how to undertake testing of equipment.
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