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Advanced x-ray inspection technology helps you find and remove physical contaminants, and also demonstrates your ability to keep your products safe. As part of preparing for a regulatory food audit, your self-assessment can cover the optimal use of x-ray machines and software designed to help you provide safe products to your consumers. Eagle offers a range of detection technologies built to conform to safety standards, with options to fit a manufacturer’s particular product line, operation and needs.
There are a lot of moving parts to preparing for a regulatory audit – both literally and figuratively. On the literal side, more regulatory compliance standards are very clear on the role that inspection systems play in improving food safety to receive a high audit score. For most standards, having appropriate procedures in place to control the risk of physical and bacterial contamination is a mandatory requirement.
As an auditor from a recommended certification body assesses your facility for compliance, she or he will evaluate your company’s capability to find and remove physical contaminants that pose food safety risks. That evaluation will include an overall assessment of your production line as well as the review of x-ray systems already in place at various critical control points, from the receipt of raw materials to production/processing lines to packaging lines.
There are a lot of moving parts to preparing for a regulatory audit – both literally and figuratively. On the literal side, regulatory compliance standards are very clear on the role that inspection systems play in improving food safety to receive a high audit score. For most standards, having appropriate procedures in place to control the risk of physical and bacterial contamination is a mandatory requirement.
As an auditor from a recommended certification body assesses your facility for compliance, she or he will evaluate your company’s capability to find and remove physical contaminants that pose food safety risks. That evaluation will include an overall assessment of your production line as well as the review of x-ray systems already in place at various critical control points, from the receipt of raw materials to production/processing lines to packaging lines.
Because detection systems are an integral and visible part of a company’s food safety culture – and part of the auditing process – it’s important to review your current inspection capability before an audit takes place:
- Do you have inspection equipment, including x-ray machines, at pivotal areas in your facility?
- Are those x-ray machines up-to-date, well-maintained and operated by trained employees?
- Are you getting the best use out of your x-ray systems?
On that last point, users can maximize the capabilities of multi-functional x-ray machines for certification to not only find the smallest contaminants across a range of products, but also provide greater traceability for a variety of inspected products. All Eagle systems are equipped with SimulTask™ PRO imaging software which provides real-time analytics for inspected products. Additionally, as an option TraceServer™ software seamlessly records the x-ray inspection processes, which in turn contributes to your ability to meet established internal quality standards.
As it become increasingly important to provide demonstrable traceability during most audits, this software can prove to be a powerful tool to gaining certification. With it you can quickly and easily access data and reports on inspected products, for the purposes of an audit or another food safety-related question or issue.
All of Eagle’s x-ray machines, including the RMI 540 and Pack 240 HC, are capable of performing multi-functional capabilities that provide superior contaminant detection, reliable quality control checks and deliver consistent results.
To speak to an x-ray expert regarding our inspection systems and their multi-functional capabilities please contact eaglesales@eaglepi.com, we would be happy to address any questions you might have.
