Foreign Materials

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Foreign Material Detection in Action on the Front Lines of Meat Processing

Anyone working in a meat processing plant knows that foreign materials are present. It’s the prevalence that’s a little harder to pin down. As PPO’s Onboarding Specialist and Sales Engineer, Philip Hancock has seen many PPO customers experiencing their first foreign material detection “a-ha moments”. Now he’s sharing these stories in a quick video interview,

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A piece of raw pork with a tiny fragment of green rubber resting on top sits beside a glove with the matching hole.

Three Foreign Material Detection Stories From the Meat Processing Plant

What’s a word that springs to mind when you think about the issue of foreign materials in meat processing? Unintentional and problematic top the list, but inevitable could easily fit in there too. That’s because the materials that lead to contamination on the processing line – including wood pallets, cardboard combos, plastic liners, disposable gloves

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A Head-to-Head Test of 3 Foreign Material Inspection Technologies 

The many benefits associated with removing foreign materials from your product stream are obvious – from controlling chargebacks to reducing downtime spent cleaning contaminated equipment to, ultimately, protecting your brand.  What’s often less obvious is which specific inspection technology will be most effective for finding the foreign materials that impact your operations. Foreign materials vary

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