Rising safety costs. Disruptive labor shortages. Eroding margins due to material costs and processing errors. Increasing consumer demands for health and safety transparency. The meat processing industry is being squeezed from many different directions. While there isn’t one simple fix to address these challenges and future-proof your business, inspection technology has an important role to …
Foreign material contamination creates a multitude of issues for food processors and manufacturers. While the industry invests a huge amount of effort and resources into preventing and detecting foreign material in the food supply, as Shawn Stevens, founder of Food Industry Counsel, LLC, so aptly says, “Sometimes bad things do happen.” Stevens was one of …
Four Experts Weigh in on Foreign Material Detection Read More »
Every meat processing plant leader wants to have the right mix of automated inspection systems calibrated to capture foreign materials without over-inspecting and negatively impacting yields. Budgeting realities require making data-driven decisions before investing in any technology. With so many inspection technologies to choose from, it can be challenging to know where to invest for …
Before you Invest: How to Calculate the ROI for Automated Inspection Systems Read More »
On January 28th at the International Production & Process Expo (IPPE), Olga Pawluczyk, CEO of PPO, talked about the benefits and drawbacks of different types of visual inspection systems, including human inspection, multi-spectral imaging, and hyperspectral imaging. She covered how some visual inspection systems can go beyond foreign materials and help address quality issues such …
PPO TechTalk for IPPE 2023: Achieving Zero FM by Expanding Multi-Hurdle Inspection Read More »
The women on our team are working on our hyperspectral imaging technology every day to bring it to food processors and keep food safe. On International Women’s Day, we also take this day to raise awareness about women’s equality in STEM. We work hard to create an environment where everyone feels welcome on our team. …
Building Hyperspectral Imaging Technology with the Women at PPO Read More »
On December 16th 2021, PPO and Food Safety Tech presented a webinar titled, “Food Safety Hazards Series: Physical Hazards.” This webinar was presented by Scott Ruttgaizer, Product Manager at PPO; Maria Fontanazza, Editor-in-Chief at Food Safety Tech; Shawn Stevens, Food Safety Consultant and Lawyer at Food Safety Counsel, LLC; Casey Gallimore, Director, Regulatory & Scientific …
Webinar – Food Safety Hazards Series: Physical Hazards Read More »
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are changing the way we produce and process food. PPO uses both AI and machine learning in the Smart Imaging System, to improve the safety and quality of what we eat. AI and machine learning allow the system to identify and remove even hard-to-spot foreign material in-stream. They also …
Developing Artificial Intelligence Models For a Meat Processing Plant Read More »
Dr. Romauld (Romek) Pawluczyk is an internationally recognized expert in the field of photonics and spectroscopy. He also recently retired as the Chief Scientist at PPO. Over the last 50 years, he’s contributed to the field in various capacities. And he is a strong believer in using science to solve real world problems. In July …
An Inspirational Optics Leader: Dr. Romauld (Romek) Pawluczyk Read More »
On June 24th 2021, PPO and Food Safety Tech presented a webinar titled, “The More The Merrier: A Multi-Hurdle Approach to Detection.” This webinar was presented by Olga Pawluczyk, CEO of PPO; Maria Fontanazza, Editor-in-Chief at Food Safety Tech; and Jeremiah Johnson, Corporate Manager, Regulatory Compliance, Food Safety & Sanitation at Hormel Foods. Jeremiah Johnson …
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Spectrometers are the heart of PPO’s Smart Imaging System. A lot goes into building these precision instruments. Our recent video series “Lights, Cameras, Spectrometers” gives you an insider view on how PPO builds our spectrometers. But how do these sensitive tools work in a food processing plant? And why is it important for food processors …
3 Reasons Why Food Processors Should Know About Spectrometers Read More »
